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THE    DODGE    CLUB; 


OR, 


ITALY  IN   MDCCCLIX. 


By  JAMES  DE  MILLE, 

AUTHOR  OF   "COKD  AND  CREESE;   OR,  THE  BRAI^DON  MYSTERY,"  ETC.,  ETC. 


iJUitI)  (Dnc  ijonbrcb  JJllustrations. 


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CONTENTS. 


.1 


CILVrXEIl  I. 
PAitis. — TUF,    roDGiJ   ci.un. — now   to    speak 

FKENCII. — now  TO  liAISi;  A  CUOWI) i> 

Ii.i.rsTUATioNR.— Dickl — IIoi'oI  Invite n)vriicn<l? Tiio 

Club. — The  I'laco  Vendume Keep  it,  liiittuua! 

CHAPTER  II. 

ORT.KAXS. — HOW  TO  (JtriOLL  A  LANDLOUD. — HOW 
TO  FIGHT  OFF  HL'MIfUCiS  ;  AXI>  HOW  TO  TUAVF.r. 
WITHOUT   BAGGAGi; 10 

I:.t.raTR\TinNR.— Tliat'.i  a  Hotel  lUll.— Cicero  ngainst 
Vei'as.— &ic-r-r-i--re ! 

CIIAl'TER  III. 

THE    RllOXn   IN   A   UAIN. — Tlin    M\n  FrvKNCinlAN. 

— siiciDi;  A  CAPITAL  cuiMi:  IN  FiiANCi:...     i;5 

iLi.rsTiuTio.NB.— Nmuljor  7:^1).— Uorror!    Dcfpiiirl 

CIIArTEIl  IV. 

MARSEILLES li 

CIIAl'TER  V. 

THE  Rr.TiuKit  oi!GAX-Gi!ixi)i;n. — Tin;  sexatoij 

PHII.OSOl'llIZES.  —  EVILS     OF     NOT     HAVING     A 

PASspoia lo 

luvsTBATiONS TliodC  Italians,— Gcuoa,  tho  Superb, 

CHAPTER  VI. 

LAZAHONI  AND  MACARONI 17 

Iu,iTSTnATir>Ns.  —  Thuir  Noljli!  i;.\celle:ic;o3.  —I.azai'oni 
nuJ  .\Iaearuiii, 

CHAPTER  VII. 

T)0LOUES. — AN  ITALIAN  MAID  LEARNS  ENGLISH. — 
A  ROMANTIC  AI)VKNTI:RE, — A  .MASlJUEKADE, 
AND  WHAT  liEFELL  THE  SENATOR.— A  CHARM- 
ING DOMINO, — A  JIOONLIGHT  WALK,  AND  AN 
ASTOENDIXG  DISCOVERY li) 

Il.u:sTnATioNR Yiinkcc  Ddollp I  Kiss  UmU The 

Voiiiig  IliUiiur,— A  Perplexeil  Sonatcr,— li.xit  Senator. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

ADVF.NTrUES  AND  MISADVENTfRES. — A  MET 
GROTTO  AND  A  liOILING  LAKE. — THE  TWO  FAIR 
SPANIARDS,  AND  THE  DONKEV  RIDE 24 

lu.rRTHATiONB — Darn  it  I  Don't, —Tlmuipl  — A  Trying 
iMoment.— Senator  uaJ  Donkey.  i 


CHAPTER  IX. 

A  DRIVE  INTO  THE  COUNTRY. — A  FIGHT  WITH  A 
VKTTCKINO. — THE  EFFECT  OF  EATING  "HARD 
DOILEI)  EGGS." — WHATTHEY  SAW  AT  P.ESTUM. 
— FIVE  TEMPLES  AND  ONE  "MILL." L'S 


Ii.t,isti;ations. 

tiiui. 


'Do  You  See  That?"— The  .Mill  at  I'.im- 
CIIAPTER  X. 


ON  THE  WATER,  WHERE  IHTTONS  SEES  A  LOST 
IDEA  AND  GIVES  CHASE  TO  IT,  TOGETHER  WITH 
THE  HEART-SICKENING  RESULTS  THEREOF.    S'J 

iM.rsTinTio.NS. — The   Spanianli! ".V  Thousand  I'ar- 

diiuf !" 

CHAPTER  XI. 

THE  SENATOR  HAS  SUCH  A  FANCY  FOR  SEEKINfi 
USEFUL  INFORMATION  I — CURIOUS  POSITION  OF 
A  WISE,  AND  WELL-KNOWN,  AND  DESERVEDLY- 
POPULAR  LEGISL.VTOR,  AND  UNDIGNIFIED  .MODE 
OF  HIS  ESCAPE 35 

Ii.LrsTiUTio.N.— The  Sjnutor. 

CHAPTER  XII. 

IIERCULANEUM  AND  POMPEII,  .WD  ALL  THAT  THE 
SIGHT  OF  THOSE  FAMOUS  PLACES  PRODUCED 
ON  THE  MINDS  OF  THE  DODGE  CLUH o~ 

iLi.rsTr.ATioNS. — Villa  of  Dionieiic?.— I'liew!— A  Street 
iu  ronipeii. 

CHAPTER  XIH. 

VESUVIUS. — WONDERFUL  ASCENT  OF  THE  CONE. 

— WONDERFUL  DESCENT   INTO  THE  CRATER. 

AND  .MOST  WONDERFUL  DISAPPEARANCE  OF 
I>IR.  FIGGS,  AFTER  WHOM  ALL  HIS  FRIIADS  GO, 
WITH  THEIR  LIVES  IN  THEIR  HANDS, — GREAT 
SENSATION  AMONG  SPECTATORS 40 

Ii.i.r'iTiiATiiiNs,— The  ,\flrpnt  nf  Vo.=iivi»=. — The  ne=oent 
of  Voauviu-i. — Where's)  Figss  ''—Mr,  I'igg'-'.— The  Ladies. 

CHAPTER  XIV. 

MAGNIFICENT  ATTITUDE  OF  THE  SENATOR;  BRIL- 
LIANCY OF  BUTTONS  ;  AND  PLUCK  OF  THE  OTH- 
ER ME:\n!ERS  OF  THE  CLL'H  :  IIV  ALL  OF  WHICH 
THE  GREATEST  EFFECTS   ARE  PRODUCED.         47 

lLLV8rR.v.  IONS*. — Tile  IJamlitrf  Captureil. — Sold. 
CHAPTER  XV. 

DOLORES  ONCE  MORE, — A  PLEASANT  CONVERSA- 
TION.— BUTTONS  LEARNS  MORE  OF  HIS  YOUNG 
FRIEND. AFFECTING  FAREWELL 50 

Ili.csteationb. — Two  I'iastres!— The  Brave  Soldier. 


2  CONTENTS. 

ciiArTF.ii  xvr. 

I'KMv  r.i;i..vTi;s  a  family  i,i;r,i;Ni) r)3 

l!,l.lST«ATii)NK.— r.iiyiii;;  n.  AVhiilo Tin.'  I.ong-Ioat  Sou. 


CIIAPTEU  XXVI. 


CIIAlTEll  XVII. 
MoiiT  ON  Tiir.  lioAi). — iiii;  ri.fii  Asr.v.r.r. — tiii.y 

K.NTKU  KOMi;. — TIIDnillTS  ON  Al'l'lioAlllINi; 
AND  ENTKRINO  "Till;  liTKUNAL  CITV." ;">(• 

iLLtSTKATlON.— To  IlolllL'. 

CIIAl'TKIl  XVIII. 

A  I.r.TTF.Il  I'.Y  HICK,  AM)  (■|:ITICIS:MS  or  IMS 
lUILNKS t>C, 

ClIAITEIi  XIX. 

i«T.  rr.TKu's  I — Tin;  tuack;  stoiiy  of  tiiio  fat 
MAN  IN  Tin;  HAM,. — now  anotiifu  tkaijkdy 
NKAKi.Y  iiafi'i;ni;i). — Till-;  \voi:s  of  :Mi;iNiir.i!U 
sen  ATT 57 

Il.Lr:iiu.vTi()N. — "  Gi'aciun.s  Mel" 

CHAPTER  XX. 
TiiK  r.T.oRY,  (;uAxi)i;ri{,  iti;Ai;TY,  and  infimtk 

VAItll.TY    OF    Till-;    I'lNt'IAN    IIII.L;     XAltl! ATFI) 

ani>  hf.tailki)  not  commnauily'  lift  kx- 
iiai;.stivi;lv,  and  afti;u  tiih  manner  of  ka- 
di;lais GO 

CIIAITER  XXI. 

iurmony  on  Tin;  i'incian  iiii.i,. — Mfsic  iiatii 

<■  II ARMS. — AMKKICAN  MICI.ODIKS. — Till;  (il.OR Y, 

Tin;  I'owKR,  AND  Tin;  iii;ArTY  of  tankf.i; 
DooDi.K,  AM)  Tin;  mi;rci:nary  son,  of  an 
ITALIAN  orc;an-(;rindi;r GO 

iLLCSTItATION. — O'.J  Vilgillliy. 

CHAPTER  XXII. 

now  a  IIARGAIN   IS   MADE. — Till;  AVILF.S  OF  TlIK 

ITALIAN     TRADESMAN. Till-;     NAKKD      Sl'I.KY 

liKUOAU,  AND  Tin;  .lOVIAL  AVKLL-CLAI)  ItKO- 
GAR. — WHO  IS  Tin;  KING  OF  UEGGARS?...      G2 

Illi'stsation. — Tliu  Shrug. 


CHAPTER  XXIII. 


Tin;  MANIFOLD  LIFE  OF  THE  CAFK  NFOVO,  AND 
HOW  THEY  RECEIVED  THE  NEWS  AliOFT  MA(;i;N- 
TA. — E.XCITEMENT. — ENTHUSIASM. — TEARS. — 
EMHRACES Gt 

Illcsthation. — New.-!  of  Magcntii! 

CHAPTER  XXIV. 

('IIECK:\fATE  I C5 

li.i.i  jTUATioN.— Uoforo  iiiul  After. 

CHAPTER  XXV. 

lU'TTONS  A  MAN  OF  ONE  IDEA. — DICK  AND  HIS 
MEASirRING  TAPE. — DARK  EYES. — SUSCICI'TI- 
I!LE   HEART. — YOUNG  MAIDEN  AVHO  LIVES   OUT 

OF    TOWN. GRAND    COLLISION     OF     TWO     All- 

STRACTED  LOVERS  IN  THE  I'UBLIC  STKEUTS.    GO 

iLLUSTBATiONS.— Away;— rcpita. 


CONSEQUENCES  OF  IIEIXO  GALLANT  IN  ITALY, 
WHERE  THERE  aim;  LOVERS,  IlfSIIANDS,  lilKJTII. 
ERS,  F.VTHERS,  lOISINS,  AND  INNlMERADLl; 
OTHER  RELATIVES  AND  CONNECTIONS,  ALL 
READY  WITH  THE  STILETTO ii'J 

Ii.i.lBTr.ATioN.— Au  Interruption. 

CHAPTER  XXVII. 

DICK  ON  THE  SICK  LIST. — UAI'TIRE  OF  IIUTTONS 
AT  MAKING   AN   IMI'ORTANT  DISCOVERY....       71 
iLLLWiiATioN.— I'oor  Dkk! 

CHAPTER  XXVIII. 

WHAT  KIND  OF  A  LETTER  THE  SENATOR  WROTE 
FOR  THE  "NI;W  ENGLAND  I'ATI!  IDT, "  WHICH 
SHOWS  A  TRUE,  LIISERAL,  CNlil  ASLD,  l'LAl:<,  EN- 

VAUNisHEi)  VIEW  OF  Rome 73 

Illl'stuation'.— iSki-t'.liL's  by  a  riieii.I. 


CHAPTER  XXIX. 

THE     lonely    one    and    HIS    COMFORTER 
TREE  .MEDICINE  FOR  A  SICK  MAN 


-THE 
7.J 


CHAPTER  XXX. 

OCCt'TATIONS     AM)     I'EKEGRINATIONS     OF 
)NS 


DCT- 


TO 


h.i.usTUATiON. — IJiitt'iiis  anil  .MnriMy. 

CHAPTER  XXXI. 
nriTONs  ACTS  the  good  Samaritan,  and 

ERALLY  UNEARTHS  A  MOST  UNEXFECTED 
Tnl  OF  AN  ATROCIOUS  KOIIDERY. — GU-R- 
CIOUS  ME  I 

CHAPTER  XXXII. 

ANOTHER  DISCOVERY  MADE    IIY  IIUTTONS.... 


I.IT- 
VIC- 
R-A- 

77 


7S 


CHAPTER  XXXIII. 


79 


XiplKiKtK    KOliJ    KOI(^    X"l'^ 

Ii.i.fSTiiATiciN. — llrekekckek  Koax  Ko.ix! 
CHAPTER  XXXIV. 


THE  SENATOR  PURSUES  HIS  INVESTIGATIONS. — AN 
INTELLIGENT  ROMAN  TOIX'HES  A  CHORD  IN  THE 
senator's  heart  that  VIIIRATES. — KESUl.TS 
f)FTIIE  VIIIRATION. — A  VISIT  FROM  THE  ROMAN 
rOLICE  ;  AND  THE  (MtEAT  RACE  IXIWN  THE  COI!- 
80  BETWEEN  THE  SENATOR  AND  A  ItOSIAN  SI'Y. 
— GLEE  OF  THE  1'01'ULACe! — III!    III!....      80 

luxsTUATiONS.— Got  Yoli  Tlicrc!— V>'ulkiDg  .Spaiiisli. 
CHAPTER  XXXV. 

DICK  MAKES  ANOTElCn  EFFORT,  AND  HEGINS  TO 
FEEL   ENCOURAGED 83 

Illcsthation.— Dick  Tliinka  it  Over. 

CHAPTER  XXXVI. 

SHOWING  now  DIFFICULT  IT  19  TO  GET  A  LAUN- 
DRESS, FOR  THE   SENATOR  WANTEU    ONE,  AND 


1 


CONTEXTS. 


-Tiir, 
7.J 


78 


70 


NOT  KXowiMi  Tin;  i.ANi;fA(;r,  hot  into  a 
stitAi'i;,  NOT  iiv  ins  OWN  rAii.T,  lou  in;  was 
('AUi;i"nL  AiioiT  coMsiiTTiNc;  iiiMSKi.K  with 
'/hi;  i.adikh;  hit  ritAV,  was  it  iiih  i-ai'i.t 
ir  Tin;   ladikh   avoii-d  taki;   a   fancy   to 

IIIM  ? t^'> 

Im.'.st::\tion8 Tlio  Sumitor  iu  ii  Had  Tix. — Tlic  Soni'.- 

tor  in  11  W"1-.sl'  I'ix. 

CIIArTEU  XXXVII. 

/'o)»f.  —  Anrknl   Ilixtoiy.  — Tin;    i'i!i:iiisToinr 

l;l!A.  — fl!ITl(;AI,    EXAMINATION     OK    NIKIMIIK 

ANi>  ins  si'iioor.. — Tin;  kaki.y  iiistouv  of 

lio.Mi;  l'I.AC'i;l)  ON  A  UICIIT  liASIS.  —  F.Xri.ANA- 
TION  OF   IIISTOUV  OF   KKITlil.K'.  —  NAroMlos's 

"CFSAU."  —  Tiii;   iMiFHiAr,    liKdMi:.  — Tin; 

NdltTHKltN  llAltllAItlANS.  —  KISU  OF  Till;  I'A- 
I'ACY. — MFDl.KVAI,  UOMi;. 
7'(i/il);ir(l/l/lJ/. — TKIi;  AlMlSTiMFNT  OF  IIOFXDS  OF 
ANCIKST  (  ITY. — US  I'liOMAltl.l-;  I'nl'FI.  Al  I(  >N. — 
<ico/(ii/i/.  —  FXAMISATION  OF  FOUMATION.  — 
TI'FA  TltAVKUTISlC.  —  KO^IAN  CI'MKNT. — TF.iniA- 
C'OTI'A. — Sjiiri il  (■(iiitildi  nilidu  of'  liiiiiinn  CaUi- 

COmllS. ISOSIO. AlilMNCIU. lAKDINAI.  WISK- 

MAN.  —  liF.CKNT  FXri.OliATlONS,  ISVFSTKiA- 
TIONS,   EXAMINATIONS,  EXIl  IMATIONS,  AN1>   HE- 

SISflTATlONS. EAUI.V     CIllilSTIAN      IIISTOIIY 

SET  ON  A  TUFE  llASIS.  — IIEI.ICS. — MAKTVUS. 
— HEAL  OliKJlN  OF  CATACOMIiS. — TUIE  AND 
UEI.IAIIEE  EXTENT  (WITII  SIAl's). 

lieniark.'i OH  Art. — Tin;  uenaissance.— Tin;  eau- 

l.V  I'AINTEIIS:  ClMAlill;,  CIOTTO,  I'EltldlNO, 
ItAFAEI.EE  SANZIO,  MICH  EEANUEI.O  lUONAKOT- 
TI. — Tin;    TliANSFlcntATION. — THE    MciSES    OF 

>IICIIEEAN(il.I,0.  IlEEEIM. SAINT     I'ETEIi's, 

AND    .Molti;   I'AlfTK  TI.AUI.V   TIIi;  COI.ONN  A  I  >i:. 

THE    EAST   .JIDCMErn'.  —  DANTE. Till;    MI;DI.K- 

VAE  SI'IKIT. — EFFECT  OF  GOTHIC  AI!T  ON  ITALY 

AND    ITALIAN    TASTi;.  COMl'AKISON    OF    I.O.M- 

IIAUD  WITH  SICILIAN  CHLUCllES. — TO  AVIIAT 
EXTENT  KO.M;;  INFLTENCED  THIS  DEVEl.Ol'- 
-MENT.  — THE  FoSTEItlNC.  SI'IKIT  OF  THE 
<.  IILUCU. — ALL  .M0DI;I!N  AUT  CIIUISTIAN. — 
WHY  THIS  WAS  A  NliCESSITV. — FOLLIES  OF 
SIODEUN  CHITICS. — UEYNOLDS  AND  liUSKIN. — 
now  FAU  I'OITLAll  TASTE  IS  WOl'-TII  ANY 
THING.— CONCLUDING  REMAKKS  OF  A  MISCKL- 
LANEOLS    DESCUU'TION 88 

CHAPTER  xxxviir. 

ITALIAN  TI!AVI:L,  IIOADS.  INNS. A  On.'.ND  liUEAIv- 

DOWN. AN    AU.MV    tlF    HE(;GAI!S.  SIX     MEN 

HINTING  Ll>  A  (  AUIIIAlii;  WHEEL;  AND  FLANS 
OF  THE  SENATOli   FuU  THE  GOdI)  OF  ITALY.    88 

Ii.i.ist:;\ti.>ns.— Truvclliii.;  ;:i  It:il\- Tho  Soiiiitor's  Ks- 

c  r;. 

CIIAl'TEIl  XXXIX. 

riiirMI'IIANT  rUOGKESS  OP  DICK. — GENDAKMES 
FOILED. — THE  DODGE  CLIli  IS  ATTACICEl)  ItY 
liUKiANDS,  AND  EVERY  MAN  OF  IT  COVEKS  HIM- 
SELF  WITH   GLOUY.  — SCIiEAM  OF    THE   AMEItl- 

CAN  eagle! yi 

It.u-rtrations.— Dick  iu  liirf  caon-.—l'ictro Tlio  B.irri- 

Oiule. 

CIIAFIER  XL. 

PLEASANT  JIEDITATIONS  AllOFT  TIIF,  WONDEUS  OF 
TOIiACCO  ;    AND  TIIKEE    I'LEASANT   ANECDOTES 


I  niAI'TEU  XLI. 

FINAL  ATTACIC  OF  UEINFOIK  EMI;NTS  OF  IlKIG- 
I  ANDS. — THE  DODGE  CLEIl  DEFIES  THEM  AMI 
I        HEl'EI.S  THEM.  —  HOW  TO  MAKE  A  HAUUICADE. 

—  FI.'ATEKNIZATION  OF  AMEUICAN  EAi;l.l;  AND 
<;  M.I.H  I  o(  K. — THEKe's  NOTHINIi  LIKE  LEATH- 
El! il'i 

Il.i.lOTii.vnoN.— All  Iiitorniitl:iniil  Airair. 
CIIAl'TEIl  XI.Il. 

FLC)I!!;NCE.  —  DESPERATION  Ol'  lirTTiiNS,  OF  Ml;. 
FIGGS,  AND  OF  THE  DOCTOK '.l!) 

Il.I.rsTP.ATinNS. — I'loroiiop,  fi-DMi  S.iu  Miiiliil".  —  I  itii  I'al- 

lice I'iMiiilaiii  111' \i'l>liMi(',  rnlazzi)  Vi'Ci'iiiii. — The  l)ii- 

I'liio. — The  CiuiiiKiniK'.  —  Slrn/.zi  raliicc.  — liiittuiii 
Mcliiucliuly. 

CIIAl'TEli  XLIII. 

THE  .SENATOR  I'NTUAl'I'EI). — THE  WILI'S  AND 
AVITCHEIiV  OF  A  (JfllEN  OF  SOCIIOIV.  —  HIS 
FATE  DESTINED  To  HE,  AS  Hi;  THINKS,  ITALIAN 
corxTEssEs. — sentimi;ntm.  CONVEKSAIToN. — 
l'(H;TliY. — HEAITY  — MOONLIGHT. HAI'TlliE. 

—  DISTUACTION.— liLlSSl I'Jo 

Ii.i.is;::ati<)\.— I,;i  Ciai. 

CIIAITER  XLIV. 

"M0I!I;I!E    IiIAGOKA,    NON     ENIM    IN    CfELt'M    AD- 

sci;Nsri!ts    i;s." — the  apotheosis   of   thi; 

SENATOR  (nothing  LI;SS — IT  WAS  A  MOMENT 
IN  WHICH  A  .AIAN  MKillT  WISH  TO  DIE  — 
TIIOFGH,  OF  COFHSE,  THE  SENATOIt  DIDN'T 
ME) ICG 

li.U'L.TGATi.iNS.— ?folfuriiio!— Tlic  Senator  .Sj,)oak.s. 

CIIAl'TEIl  XLV. 

THE  rniVATK  OPINION  OF  THE  noCTOIl  AliOUT 
FOUEKiN  TRAVEL.  —  liETTONS  STILL  MICETS 
WITH   AFFLICTIONS 100 

lLi.rsrr.\T:o.NS.— A  Givaso  i-'i^o;.— Farowtll,  Tigys! 
CHAPTER  XLVI. 

A  JIEMORAIU.E   DRIVi;. — NIGHT. — THE    IHilGANDS 

ONCE  :\IO!!E. t;Alill!ALDl"s  NAME. THE  FIRE. 

THE  IRON  liAR. — Tlli;  JIAN  FROM  THE  OKAN- 

ITE  STATE  AND  HIS  TWO  lioVS Ill 

Ii.i.rsTitvru',;;  —  In   tho  Coacli V  Five  Figlit.— Don't 

fipeak. 

CHAPTER  XLVII. 

HAD  IsnriSES,  HIT  GOOD  JICSES. — THE  IION- 
ORAIH.E  SCAUS  OF  DICK. — A  KNOWLEDGE  OF 
DONES 11. ■> 

CHAPTER  XLVI  II. 

SFFFEniXG  AND  SENTIMENT  AT  HOLOGNA. — MOON- 
SHINE.— ItEST  IJALM  FOU  WOUNDS 117 

Il.T.fljTUATION. — l"-L'(l  L'[1. 

CHAPTER  XLIX. 

CnOSSING  INTO  THE  ENEJIY'S  country. — CON- 
STERNATION OF  THE  CUSTOM-HOUSE  OFFI- 
CEISS 118 


BY  AN  ITALIAN  BUIGAM) Oj     iLLVSTnATiox.-niitlons  in  Blia.^, 


CONTENTS. 


ClIAl'TEIi  L. 


VI;NICF,  and  ITfl  I'F.rrMAU  (il.OUY.— TIIK  noDoi: 
iLUii  coMi:  To<!Uii;t'  at  last.— UI'  a  TKlii:. — 
IN  a  nm;t,  i;to l''J 

Ii.i.iSTr.ATioss— Dk'k'.s  I-i;g,figc — ArrostoJ.— SUuuc. ! 

CIIAPTEli  LI. 
iiii:  AMKiucvN  r.Af'.i.i;  and  Tin;  ai-stkian  noni- 

Li:-IIKAI)K1>  DITTO 1-- 

il.i.vsTiiATioN "  Don't  Try  it  On  Wit!i  Mu  !" 

CIIAITEU  LII. 

Tin;  SKNATou  .sTiLi-  i:nga(ik!>  is  facing  down 

TIIK  AISTIUAN.— Tin;  AMIMMCAN  COXSLI.. — 
INKXIMOCTKD  UlXU'l'KAllANCK  OF  FOlKiOTTKN 
TillNOS. — C(H.I.Al'Si;  OF  Tin:  COUKT \-i 

I  l.l.CSTUATION.— \V;ltt-<  Mi.^..=  lH'lIo:!. 

CHAPTER  Liir. 


CHAPTER  LIV 


Diri;   MKF.T3   AN  OLD  FltlF.NH. — THE    EMOTIONAI 

NATCKi;  OF  Tin:  itai.ian. — Tin;  .sfnatou  ovfii. 

lO.Mi;    AND    DIMIIFOUNDKK 1-S 

Il.I.l  HTUATIiiN.— The  Count  ItJ'i. 

CHAPTER  LV. 

in  AVIIini    lUTTONS   WlilTKS    A    I.KTTFn  ;    AND    IN 

WHICH  Tin;  cirit  i.osi;s  an  imi'outant  mi;m- 
iiKK. — small  iiv  I)i;(iui;i;h  and  hk.utifim.v 
i.i:ss l--^'J 

chapti:Pv  lvi. 

Tin;  FAITIIFFI,  OM::— DAKTS,  DISTHArTIOV, 
l.()Vi;'s  vows,  OVKKIOWKHINO  SCFNi;  AT  TIIK 
Mri.TISd     OF     TWO     FOND     ONi;S. — eOSll'I.F.Tn 

lUiLAK-iinwN  OF  Tin;  uistuuian i;W 

I;.lust;;.vtii)n.— Tlio  1  'i.or. 

CHAPTER  LVn. 


i.    MYSTFniorS    Fl.ir.lIT.  — Dr.srAIIl   OF  ItVTTONS. 

—  FFliSFlT.  — IID<T01!IC  (JKOFM),  ANDinsioUIC  I  Tin;    DODCF.    CI.FI!    IN    FAIUf.    ONCF    MOUF.— F.FT- 


CITIFS 

l;,LtSTB,vTiON.— roiiiu'.lUiui. 


120 


toss's  "jolly  good  IIFAI.TII." 10-' 

iLLftiTEATiONi  -"llc'd  a  Jolly  Good  TkUow  1'' 


[)XAI 

I  Villi. 

rj;s 


.1)    IN 

mi:m- 

II. I. Y 

l:."J 


rioN, 
Tin; 

.'.KTP. 


•iirT- 


THE  DODGE  CLUB:  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


"i. 
I 


ClIAl'TKIl  I. 

PAUIs;.— THE   noi)f:i:   (MI!.— now   TO  SPEAK 
FKKNCII. — now    TO   ItAlSE   A   CUOWI). 

It  is  a  ^rlorioiis  day  in  Paris,  Tlic  wlulc 
city  is  out  in  the  |)iil)lic  ]ilact'S,  watrhiiitr  tlio 
ilcjiavtiire  of  the  aviny  ot' Italy.  Ih-ory  iiiia;.'!- 
nable  luiiforni,  on  I'oot  and  on  liorscluick.  cii- 


l)om!iast  utt'jrcd.  For  tL^ 
iiiviiu  ililo  soldiers  of  FraiifU 
nrc  olV  to  li^'ht  for  an  idea  ; 
nnd  doesn't  every  oiio  of 
tlioiu  cany  a  inarslial's  ba. 
tuu  in  Ins  knapsack  ? 

A  troop  of  Cunt  Gardes 
comes  tluinderiiiK  down  in 
ii  cloud  of  dust,  dasiiiii),'  the 
j)eo]ile  rit,dit  and  left.  ].oud 
cheers  arise  :  '"  \'ive  I'l'.in- 
perciir!"  'J'he  hoarse  voices 
of  myriads  ]irolon;i  the  yell. 
It  is  Louis  NaiKjlcoii.  lie 
touches  his  hat  gracefully 
to  the  crowd. 

A  chasseur  leaps  into  * 
cab. 

"Where  i^liall  I  take 
you  ?" 

"To  Glory  I"  shouts  the 
sulilier. 

The  crowd  np)ilaiid.  T!:e 
cabman  drives  oil' and  don't 
want  any  further  direeiion. 

Here  a  bi^'-bcarded  Zou- 
ave kisses  his  bif;-bcarded 
brother  in  a  blouse. 

"Adieu,  nioii  frerc ; 
write  nie." 

"Where  shall  I  write?" 

"  Direct  to  Vienna — jioslc 

Every  body  laughs  at 
every  thiufr,  and  tlic  crowd 
are  quiie  wild  at  this. 

A  youiiK  man  is  ])erchcd 
npon  a  pillar  near  the  gar- 
den wall  of  the  Tuileries.  lie  enjoys  the  scene 
immensely.  After  a  while  he  takes  a  clay  jiipe 
from  his  iiocket  and  slowly  fills  it.  IIaviii;;coni- 
]ileted  this  l)nsincss  he  draws  a  match  alon.; 
the  stone  and  is  just  about  lighting  his  ]iipe. 
"Halloo!" 

Down  dro]is  the  liglited  match  on  the  neck 
of  an  oiirrier.     It  burns.     The  man  scowls  up; 


livens    the   scene.       Zouaves    are    everywhere,    but  seeing  the  cause,  smiles  and  waves  his  hand 

('ent  Gardes  hurry  to  aiul  fro,  looking  ferocioif^.     for^ 

Imperial  Gardes  look  magnificent.      Imiumera-         ' 

I  lo  little  red-legged  soldiers  of  the  line  danre 

about,     gesticulating     vehemently.        (irisettcs 

hang  about  the  necks  of  departinu'  braves.      A 

Lreat  many  tears  arc  shed,  and  a  ;  .  .•,\t  deal  of 


■ivinglv. 

"Dick':" 

At  this  a  young  man  in  the  midst  of  the 
crowd  stops  and  looks  around.  He  is  a  short 
yoniig  man,  in  whose  face  there  is  a  strange 
mixture  of  iniioeenee  and  shrewdness.     He  is 


(j 


'im:  ix):;ge  cluh;  on,  italy  in  mdcccmx. 


iniUiii^    a  lu\liy-cniTiii>;o,   contnining    a   smnll  I      "Kanj;?     'Well,  .' 
siiCciiiiLMi    of  Fieiich    iiatiiJiiality,   niul    l)uliiiiJ    nut  fur  another  Ind;:!'.. 
liiiii  walks  a  Tiiaji'stir  fciiuili'.  |  iiip,  voiiiil;  man.      ^dti 


lame    lian^   must   look 

Yoii  must  Clime  w  itli 

lU'cil  a  ^Mlar(lilUl.     It's 


well  tliiit  1  caiiie  ill  time  to  rescue  voii.     Let's 


The  yoiiiij;  man  Diek  takes  a  (|iiieli  survey 
nnil  reeojjni/.es  tiio  person  who  has  I'lilled  him.  jheotl'l" 

Down  ilro|is   the  |iolu  of  tiio  earriiij'e,  ami.  to        And    the    luo   yomhs   descended   niul 
th(!  horror  of  tlio  majesiie  female,  he  darts  olf,    soon  lost  in  the  eiowd. 
and,  sjiringin^,'  iijithe  pillar,  (grasps  lirst  the  foot 
mid  then  the  liaiul  of  his  friend. 

"  Hnttons  I"  he  cried  ;  '•  what,  vun  I  vou  here 
in  I'aris  !" 

"  I  lielieve  T  am." 

"  Why,  when  diil  yon  eoiiie  ?"' 

"  Aliont  a  month  aj^'o." 

"  I  had  no  idea  of  it.  I  didn't  know  you 
were  here." 

"And  1  didn't  know  that  you  were.  I 
thought  by  this  time  that  you  were  in  Italy. 
What  lias  kejit  you  liorc  so  long?" 

Diek  looked  confused. 

"^\'lly  the  fact  is,  J  am  studying  Oormaii." 

"(icrnian!  in  I'aris  !     French,  yon  mean." 

"  No,  (lerman.'' 

"  You're  crazy ;  who  witli  ?" 

Dick  nodded  his  head  toward  his  late  com- 
panion. 

"  What,  tliat  woman? 
at  lis  I'' 

"Is  she?"  said  Dick,  with  some  trcpiilation. 

"Yes.  IJiit  don't  look.  Have  you  been 
with  her  all  the  time  ?"' 

"  Y'es,  seven  months." 

"Studying  (iermaii!''  cried  Buttons,  with  a 
laugh.      "  Who  is  she?" 


wtru 


How  she  is  scowling 


UERi:  I   IKYITE  MY   KHlENrS. 


"  Three  (lights  of  stejis  are  had  enough  ;  hut 
great  Heavens  I  what  do  ycni  mean  by  taking  a 
fellow  uji  to  the  eighth  story?'' 

Such  was  the  exelaniation  nf  Dick  as  he  fell 
exhausted  into  a  seat  in  a  little  room  nt  the  top 
of  one  of  the  tallest  houses  in  I'aris. 
"  Mixiiiomv,  mv  dear  bov.'' 
"Kliem!"" 

"I'aris  is   overflowing,  and  I  could  get  no 
other  idiiee  without  jiaying  an  enormous  price. 
Now  I  am  t/ying  to  husband  my  means." 
"  I  shotihl  think  so." 
"I  sleep  here—" 
"And  have  jdeiily  of  bedfellows." 
"  I  eat  here—" 

"The  jiowers  of  the  liiunan  stomach  arc  as- 
toniuling." 

"  And  here  I  invite  my  friends." 
"  Friends    only,   I    should    think.      Nothing 
l)Ut  the  truest  frieiidshi])  could  make   a   man 
hold  out  ill  such  an  ascent." 

'•I5at  come.     What  arc  your  plans?" 
"  I  have  none." 

"  Then  vou  must  league  yourself  with  inc." 
"I  shall"  bo  delighted." 
"  And  I'm  going  to  Itnly." 
"  Then  I'm  afraid  our  league  is  already  at  an 
end." 

"Why?" 

"  I  haven't  money  enough." 
"How  much  have  you?" 
"  Only  five  hundred  dollars  ;  I've 
sjient  all  the  rest  of  my  allowiincc." 

"Five  hundred?  Why,  man,  I 
have  only  four  hundred." 

"What!  and  you're  going  toltaly?" 
"Certainly.'' 

"  Then  I'll  go  too  and  run  the  risk. 
I'ut  is  this  the  style  ?''  and  Dick  loukeJ 
dolefully  around. 

"  I5y  no  means — not  always.  But 
yon  must  jiracticc  economy." 

"  Have  you  any  acquaintances?" 
"  Y'es,  two.      We  three  have  lormed 
our.selvcs  into  a  society  for  the  purposu 
of  going  to  Italy.     We  call  onrselven 
the  Dodge  Club'." 

"  The  Dodge  Club?" 
"  Yes.  Ijccanse  our  princijdp  is  to 
dodge  all  humbugs  and  swindles,  which 
make  travelling  so  exiiensive  generally. 
We  have  gained  much  ex]ierience  al- 
re.iily,  and  hope  to  gain  more.  One 
of  my  friends  is  a  doctor  from  riiil- 
adelphia,  Doctor  Snakcroot,  and  the 
other  is  Senator  Jones  from  Massa- 
1  husetts.  Neither  the  Doctor  nor  tho 
Senator  under.stand  a  word  of  any  Ian- 


I 


Tin:  rODGK  CLUB;  OU,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


link 
It's 


1 

'i 


ptinRC  but  flic  American.     Tlint  is  the  rcnsou  !  press  somotliinR.     On  the  wlioh',  I  think  if  I 

uhv  I  iiucnine  nciitniiiiti'il  wiih  tiicin.  hailn't  coinu  iip  timt  Ihi'  Scnnini'  wuiihl  havo 

''  First  as  to  the  Dditor,  I  iiickcil  liim  up  at  Iicimi  arrcstfil  liy  a  stitV  jicriil.iniii'  wlm  was  just 

l)iiiikirl<.      It  "as  in  a  cati'.      I  was  t,"'tlin;;  my  thi'n  tiniiin;;  alon^^  the  .siit'ct.      As  it  was,  I  ar- 

nuiclcst   hrcakfast   wliun   I   saw  liini  conui    in.  vivcd  just  in  liniL-  to  loarn  tliat  he  was  anxious 

He  sat  down  and  boKlly  nskcd  for  cotrir.     Aft-  to  scu  tlio  French  niodu  of  killing  cattlo,  and 

cr  the  usual  delay  liiu  jran/on  lirongiit  liini  a  Avas  tryint;    to  liud    Ids  way   to  tiio  aliattoirn. 

gninll  cu]i  fillfd   with   what   looked    like   ink.  The  Senator  is  a  fine  nnin,  Imt  eininenily  priic- 

On  tlio  waiter  was  !i  cu]>  of  ((('(  (A  c/i,  anda  lit-  ticid.      lie  iiseil  to  think  the  French  liin;:ua>;e 

th'  ]jl:ite  ciiiitainin;;  sevenil  enormous  lumps  of  an  aieumplishnient  oidy.      Jle  li.is  (■inin;;<il  liis 

liiat-sutiar.   Never  shall  1  fiirKettlii!  Ddctor's  face  mind  since  his  arrival  here.      Jle  has  one  littla 

(jfamazcment.    lie  lonked  at  each  article  in  sue-  peculiarity,  and  that  is,  to  hav\l  hi(.Kcii  Fn-lisli 

cessiiin.     What  was  the  ink  for':*  what  the  bran-  at  the  top  of  his  voice  when  he  waiili  tu  cumniu- 

dv?  what  the  su(;ar?     He  diil  not  know  that  the  nieate  with  f(irci;:ners." 
two  first  when  mixed  m;'kes  the  hest  drink  in  the 


world,  and  that  the  last  is  intended  for  the  jiock- 
et  of  th  '  ),'iic.-t  by  force  of  a  custntn  dear  tu  ev- 
ery Frenclunan.  To  make  a  Idii^;  story  short, 
I  explained  to  him  the  mysteries  of  French  cof- 
fee, and  we  became  sworn  fri'iids. 

"My  meeting  with  the  Senator  was  nnder 
slif^litly  dill'erent  circumstance*.     It  was  carlv 


Not  loii;;  aftciuard  the  Dod^re  .  Inb  reei'ivod 
.1  new  meiuhcr  in  ilie  ]iers(jn  of  .Mr.  liick  Whif- 
tlctree.  The  introduction  took  jilace  in  n  mod- 
est cafe,  where  a  dinner  of  six  courses  was  sn))« 
idicd  for  the  ridiculous  sum  of  one  franc — soup, 
a  roast,  a  fry,  a  bake,  a  fish,  a,  pie,  bread  at 
discretion,  and  a  j^hiss  of  vinepir  generously 


mild  ini|uiry.  They  did  not  laui^h.  They  did  not 
oven  smile.  They  listened  resiiectfnlly,  for  they 
knew  that  tlu  strange  gentleman  wished  to  ox- 


in  tile  iiiorniiinr.  It  was  chilly.  I  wnM  walk-  thrown  in. 
iiig  briskly  out  of  town.  Suddenly  I  turned  At  one  end  of  the  table  sat  the  Senator,  a 
u  corner  and  came  upon  a  crowd.  They  sur-  very  I.i'-Lre  v\n\  mtiseidar  man,  "ith  iron-gray 
rounded  a  tall  man.  lie  was  an  American,  hair,  ami  features  that  were  very  strongly 
and  ajiiieareJ  to  he  insane.  First  he  made  marked  and  very  strongly  American.  He  aji- 
gestures  like  a  nrin  hewing  or  elioiiidng.  Then  pearcd  to  be  about  fifty  years  of  age.  At  the 
he  drew  his  hand  across  his  throat.  Then  he  other  sat  the  Doctor,  a  slender  young  man  in 
•tagjcred  forward  and  |ir"tcnded  to  fall,  'i'lier.  black.  On  one  side  sat  Buttons,  and  (iijiosilo 
he  groaned  heavily.     After  which  he  raised  him-    to  him  was  Dick. 

S(df  up  and  looked  at  the  crowd  with  an  air  of         '  I'.uttons,"  said  the  Senatoi-,  "were  you  out 

yesterday  ?"' 
"I  was." 
"  It  was  a  powerful  crowd." 

"  Uather  large." 
"  It  was  im-mense.     I  nevor 
b.'f  ire  hail  any  idea  of  the  popu- 
lation   of   I'aiis.      New    York 
isn't  to  be  compared  to  it.'' 

"As  to  crowds,  that  is  noth- 
ing uncommon  in  I'aris.  Set 
a  rat  loose  in  the  Champs  ICIy- 
sees,  and  1  bet  ten  thousand 
|ieo]ile  will  be  after  it  in  live 
minutes." 
"Sho!" 

"  Anvthing  \^  ill  raise  a  crowd 
in  I'aris." 

"It  will  be  a  small  one, 
then." 

•'  My  dear  Senator,  in  an 
l;mir  from  this  I'll  engage  my- 
self to  raise  as  large  a  crowd  as 
the  one  you  saw  yesterday." 

"  JIvdcar  IJutions,  von  look 
like  it." 

"  Will  you  be!  ?" 
"  I5ct  ■?  Are  you  in  earnest  ?" 
"  Never  more  so." 
"Hut  there  is  an  immcnso 
crowd  outside  already." 

"Then  let  the  scene  of  my 
trial  be  in  a  loss  crowded  iilaco 
— the  Place  Veudomc,  for  m- 
TiiK  CLU;;.  Stance." 


8 


THE  DODGE  CLUIJ ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  JIDCCCLIX. 


"  Name  tlic  conditions." 

*'  In  an  liom-  tVoin  this  I  cnpafjc  to  fill  tlic 
Place  Veniliinio  wiih  iJCdjilu.  AViioevcr  fails 
forfeits  a  dinner  to  tlic  Club." 

The  eyes  of  Dick  and  the  Doctor  i-jnirkled. 

"  Done  I"  said  the  Senator. 


result,  and  walked  (luickly  down  a  neiyhhorinj; 
street. 

Diek  noticed  that  every  one  whom  he  met 
stopjied,  start'd,  and  tiien  walked  (piickly  for- 
ward, looking  n])  at  the  colinnn.  These  jieo- 
]ilc  accosted  others,  who  did  the  same.     In  a 


"All  that  yoii  have  to  do,"  said  Uutfons,    few   minutes   many  hundreds  of  ijcojile   wore 
"  is  to  go  to  the  toj)  of  the  Colonne  Vendome    looking  uji  and  exchanging  glances  with  one  an- 
nnd  wave  your  hat  three  times  when  you  want    ot';er. 
me  to  iienin."  I      In  a  short  time  Buttons  luid  comijletcd  the 

"I'll    do   that.     l»ut    it's  wrong,"  said   the    circuit  of  the  block,  ..nd  re-entered  the  I'lacc 
Semitor.      "  It's  taking  money  from  you.     You  ,  by  another  street.     He  was  running  at  a  ([uick 


must  lose." 

"Oh,  don't  he  alarmed,"  said  Buttons,  cliuer 
fully. 

The  Dodge  Club  left  for  the  Place  Yen- 
dome,   and    the    Senator,   separating    l.imsclf 


]iace,  and,  at  a  moderate  calcidation,  about  two 
thousand  (/(iiiii/ts  ilc  J'aris  ran  before,  beside, 
and  behind  him.  Gens  d'armcs  caught  the  ex- 
citement, and  rushed  frantically  about.  Sol- 
diers called  to  one  another,  and  tore  across  the 


from  bis  conu'rr.ions,  began  the  ascent.  But-  1  scjuare  gcsticidaiing  and  shouting,  t-arriagcs 
tons   left   hi''  ''ieniis   at  a  corner   to    sec   the    stoijjjcd ;    the  occupants  stared   up  at  the  eol- 

'  umn  ;  horsemen  drew  u])  their  rearing  horses; 
dogs  barked  ;  children  screamed  ;  up  flew  a 
thousaiul  windows,  out  of  whicii  five  ihousant' 
heads  were  thrust. 

At  the  end  of  twenty  minutes,  after  a  very 
labo-ious  Journey,  the  Senator  reached  the  top 
of  the  column.      lie  looked  down. 

A  cry  of  anmzenicnt  burst  from  him.  riiG 
immense  I'laee  \'endome  was  crammed  with 
liunmn  beings.  Innunurable  ujiturned  faces 
weie  staring  at  the  startled  Senator.  All 
around,  the  lofty  linuscs  sent  all  their  inmates 
to  the  open  windows,  tiirouL;h  which  they  look- 
ed u]i.  The  very  house-tops  were  crowded. 
Away  down  all  the  streets  which  led  to  the 
I'laee  crowils  of  human  beings  jioured  along. 

"  \\'ell,''  muttered  tlie  Senator,  "  it's  evident 
that  Buttons  understands  these  Frenchmen. 
However,  I  must  jicrform  my  Jiart,  so  here 
goes." 

And  the  Senator,  naijcstically  removing  bis 
hat,  waved  it  slov.ly  iiround  bis  head  seven 
times.  At  the  seventh  whirl  bis  lingers  slijijjed, 
and  a  ^;rc;it  gust  of  wiiul  caught  tiie  hat  a;ij 
blew  it  far  oiil  i.ilo  llie  aii'. 


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It  fdl. 

A  ilcci)  pronn  of  horror  burst  fortli  from  tlic 
imiltitudo,  so  (lcc]i,  so  long,  so  terrible  that  the 
Senator  turned  ]);ile. 

A  hiimlred  tlioiisiind  heads  njiturncd ;  two 
liiindred  thousand  arms  waved  furiously  in  tiie 
air.  Tlio  tide  of  liew-eoniers  tlowiuK  n]'  '''° 
otiior  streets  filled  the  I'lacc  to  overllowim,' ; 
and  tlic  vast  host  of  jieojile  suaycd  to  ajid  fro, 
n^itated  liy  a  thousand  jassions.  All  this  was 
the  work  of  hut  a  short  time. 

"  Couie,"  said  the  Senator,  "  this  is  gettinj:; 
hevnnd  a  juke." 

There  was  a  sudden  movement  nmon^  the 
]K'0|ilo  at  the  foot  of  the  column.  The  Senator 
leaned  over  to  see  what  it  was. 

At  once  a  great  cry  catne  np,  like  the  tl. un- 
der of  a  cataract,  warningly,  iui])eriously,  ter- 
rilily.      The  Senator  drew  back  confounded. 

Suddenly  he  advanced  ajijain.  lie  shook  liis 
head  deprccatiajjly,  and  waved  his  arms  as  if  to 
disclaim  any  evil  motives  wiiich  they  might  im- 
jiutc  to  him.  Jiut  they  did  not  comiirehend 
Iiini.  Scrjrcs  of  still"  gens  d'armes,  hundreds  of 
litile  Sill  Hers,  sto|i]ied  in  tiieir  rush  to  the  foot 
(■f  the  ci'lumn  to  shake  their  lists  and  scream  at 
him. 

'•  Now  if  I  only  nnderstood  their  doosul  lin- 
po,"  tlioupiit  the  Senator.  ''IJut'' — after  a 
j.ause — ••  it  wouldn't  he  of  no  account  up  liere. 
And  what  an  awkward  fix,"  lie  added,  "  fur  tiie 
fatiier  uf  a  family  to  stand  hatless  on  the  tn]> 
of  a  iiillory  like  tliis  !     Sho  !" 

Tiiero  came  a  deep  rumble  from  t1ie  hollow 
stairway  beneath  liiin,  wliiih  grew  iiearer  and 
louder  every  tnoment. 

"  Souieliody's  CDining,"  said  the  .Senator. 
''Wa'al,  Tin  glad.  .Misery  loves  comjiany. 
rerliai  s  I  can  luuchase  a  hat." 

In  live  minutes  more  the  heads  of  twenty 
pens  d'armes  shot  uj)  through  the  ojjening  in 
tiie  top  (if  the  pillar,  one  after  another,  and  re- 
minded tiie  Senator  of  the  "  Jump-nii-John- 
iiics"in  cliihh'en's  toys.  Six  of  tliem  seized 
him  and  made  him  prisoner. 

T'lie  indignant  Senator  remonstrated,  ami  in- 
formed tlicin  that  ho  was  an  Anurican  citizen. 

His  remark  made  no  imin'cssion.  Tliey  diil 
not  understand  English. 

Tlie  Senator's  wrath  made  his  hair  fairly 
bristle.  He  contented  himself,  iiowever,  witii 
drawing  up  tiie  ])rogramnie  of  an  inimcdiate 
war  between  Fiance  and  the  (ireat  HeiinMic. 

It  tocik  an  hour  for  the  column  to  pet  emp- 
tied. It  was  choked  with  ]ieo],le  rushing  up. 
Seven  gentlemen  fainted,  and  three  escajied  with 
badly  siiraiued  limbs.  During  tiiis  time  the 
Senator  remained  in  the  custody  of  liis  cai)tors. 

At  l:wt  tiie  column  was  cleared. 

'J'lie  jirisoucr  was  taken  down  and  placed  in  a 
cab.  Ho  saw  the  dense  crowd  and  heard  the 
mighty  murmurs  of  the  peojile. 

He  was  driven  away  for  an  ir.imensc  tlistance. 
It  seemed  miles. 

At  last  the  black  walls  of  a  huge  cdilice  rose 
before  him.     The  cab  drove  under  a  dark  arch- 


way. The  Senator  thonglit  of  the  dungeons  of 
the  Inquisition,  and  other  Old  World  horrors  of 
which  ho  had  heard  in  his  boyhood. 

So  the  Senator  had  to  give  the  dinner.  Tin 
Club  enjoyed  it  amazingly. 

Almost  at  the  moment  of  his  entrance  IJiit- 
tons  had  arrived,  arm  in  arm  with  the  Amer- 
ican minister,  whoso  representations  and  e.x» 
planations  jirocured  the  Senator's  release. 

"  I  wouldn't  have  niiniled  it  so  much,''  said 
the  Senator,  from  whose  manly  bosuni  tlie  last 
trace  of  vexation  had  fled,  "if  it  liadn't  Iieen 
for  that  darned  policeman  that  collared  me  first. 
What  a  I'roviilence  it  was  tliat  I  didn't  knock 
him  down  !     Who  do  vuu  think  he  was!'" 

"Wlio'Z" 

"Tiie  very  man  that  was  going  to  arrest  mo 
the  other  day  when  I  was  trying  to  liud  my  way 
to  the  slaughter-  house.  That  man  is  my  evil 
genius.     I  will  leave  Paris  before  anotlier  day." 

"The  loss  of  your  hat  com])leted  my  jilans," 
said  JJuttons.  "Was  that  done  on  purpose? 
Did  you  tlirow  it  down  for  the  sake  of  saying 
'  Take  my  hat  T  " 

"  No.  It  was  the  wind,''  said  the  Senator, 
innocently.  ''But  how  did  you  manage  to 
raise  the  crowd  ?     Yon  haven't  told  us  that  yet." 

"How?  In  the  simjilest  w.ay  ]iassihle.  I 
told  every  soul  I  met  that  a  crazy  man  was  go- 
ing u])  the  Colonne  ^'eiidome  to  throw  himself 
down.'' 

A  light  burst  in  ujion  the  Senator's  soul. 
He  raised  his  new  hat  from  a  chair,  and  jilacing 
it  before  Buttons,  said  fervently  and  witli  unc- 
tion : 

"  Keep  it,  Buttons!'' 


KEKP  IT,  DUTTONs; 


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THAT  S  A  llOTFI.  lill.L. 


CriAPIKIl  11. 
or.T.r.v?;-!.— lunv  to  (jrr.i.i,  a  i.ANin.oiir). — ikiw 

TO  I'K^IT  Ol'l'  IHMltilJ.s  ;    AND  HOW  TO  TKAVKI, 

■vvrriioi  T  iiAH(iA(ii;. 

A  TitiiMKNDOfs  uproar  in  tlie  Iinll  of  a  liot<  1 
at  Orlcaii.-*  auakcil  cvorv  iiicnilicr  of  the  I)oil,,j 
C'liil)  from  the  sound  and  redVcsliin;;  sliiinh(!r 
into  Aviiii'li  tlioy  had  fallen  after  iv  fatij^iiin^ 
jotwncy  from  I'aris. 

Filini;  out  into  the  hall  one  after  another  they 
beheld  a  siiiLrular  sjicetaele. 

It  was  a  fat  inati,  bald-headed,  middle-aped, 
\\\'Ai  ii  well-to-do  look,  that  burst  upon  their 
sight. 

He  was  standing'  in  the  hall  with  fliishe(l  face 
and  stockin,'  feet,  swearing  most  fiif^hifidly.  A 
erowd  of  waiters  stood  around  shruppiug  their 
sliouldcrs,  and  trying  to  soothe  him.  As  the 
fat  man  si)okc  English,  and  the  waiters  French, 
there  was  a  little  inisai)iirehension. 

"There,  gentlemen,"  ericd  the  fat  man,  as 
he  canglit  sight  of  oar  four  friends,  "  look  at 
that !      What  do  you  call  that  -" 

"  That?"'  said  Buttons,  taking  a  paper  which 
the  fat  man  thrust  in  his  face,  •'  whv,  that's  a 
hotel  bill." 

"A  hotel  bill?  AVhy  it's  an  imposition  I" 
cried  the  other  exoite<lly. 

"  I'erhaps  it  is,"  said  Huttons,  coolly. 

"  Of  course  it  is  !  Ikiul  it  (uit  loud,  and  let 
these  gentlemen  sec  what  they  think  of  it.'' 

"  I'll  read  it  in  English,"  said  Buttons,  "for 
thebeneiit  of  the  Club:" 


One  (liiiiior S  fnmoi". 

,'^ix  imrtera G  '• 

One  nil) 'i  " 

One  (In 2  " 

(Itic  informutioii.  5  '• 

Whip 6  " 

Tobacco 2  " 


T(i  Ihc  Hotel  dii  nm  : 

Oiii'  1m<1 B  fr.iiKV. 

One  lH)^t^^ 1       '• 

Olio  oniiillo 1      '■ 

One  nuidln 1      " 

<  Itir  c.iiiille 1      " 

One  caaiUe 1      " 

1-6  IruucB. 


"By  Jove!  Tliirty-five  francs!  .My  dear 
Sir,  I  quite  agree  \\iih  you.  It's  an  iinjiosi- 
tion." 

A  dee|>  sigh  expressed  tlio  relief  of  the  f-.t 
man  at  this  mark  fif  sympathy. 

"There's  no  re<lress."said  IJnttons.  '•  You'll 
have  to  grin  and  bear  it.  Eor  you  must  know 
that  in  these  inland  towns  hotel-kt'ejiers  are  in 
league,  (iU'ensive  and  defensive,  with  all  the 
eab-ilriveis,  omnibus-drivers,  jjostiilions,  truck- 
men, hostliM's,  porters,  errand-boys,  cal'e-kcep- 
ers,  cicerones,  tradesmen,  lawyers,  chamher- 
maids,  doctors,  ])riests,  soldiers,  gens  il'armes, 
magistrates,  etc..  etc.,  etc.  In  short,  the  whole 
community  is  a  joint-stock  coniiiany  organized 
to  plunder  the  nnsus]iecting  iiavcller." 

"And  iiinst  I  stand  here  and  be  swiiullej 
without  ti  Word  "r  '  cried  the  other. 

"  By  no  means.  Bow  like  fury.  Call  up 
the  whole  household  one  by  one,  and  sucar  nt 
them  in  broad  Saxon.  That's  the  way  to  strike 
terror  into  the  soul  of  a  Frenchman." 

The  fat  man  stareil  for  ii  moment  at  Buttons, 
and  then  iihmgiiig  his  hands  dt'cp  into  his 
trowscrs  ])Ockets  he  walked  up  and  down  the  hall. 

At  last  he  turned  to  the  others  : 

"Gentlemen,  is  this  endnralile ':''' 

"Iloriihle:"  cried  Dick. 

"  Abonnnalilc  I"  the  Doctor. 

"Infamous  I"  the  Senator. 

"By  jingo  I  I've  a  great  mind  to  go  home. 
If  I've  got  to  be  plundered,  I'd  a  durned  sight 
rather  have  my  money  go  to  suppint  our  own 
great  and  glorious  institutions.'' 

Tliere  is  lu)  doubt  tiiat  the  unfortunate  man 
wotdd  liave  had  t(j  pay  up  if  it  had  not  been  for 
the  energetic  action  of  Bntto.i'. 

lie  summoned  the  hotel-keeper  before  him, 
and,  closing  the  door,  asked  his  friends  to  sit 
down. 


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Then  l>iittons,  stiinilinp  up,  licgan  to  repeat  to 
the  hoti'l-kcejjcr,  smiliii;,'ly,  Imt  witli  extraor- 
ilinaiy  volubility,  Daniel  Webster's  oration 
npninst  Ilayne.  The  jiolite  Frenchman  wouhl 
not  iiitcrrniit  him,  but  listoiieil  uith  a.  bland 
thoii}.'h  siiniewliat  dubious  smile. 

Tiie  Dodge  Club  did  infinite  credit  to  them- 
selves by  listening  without  a  smile  to  the  words 
of  their  leader. 

15uttons  then  went  through  the  projiosition 
about  the  hyjiotlienuse  of  a  ri^'lit-anjjled  tri- 
angle, and  appended  Uie  words  of  a  few  negro 
songs. 

Hero  the  worthy  landlord  interrujitcd  him, 
beggin;:;  his  pardon,  and  telling  him  that  he  did 
not  understand  Kiiglisli  very  well,  and  could 
Lis  Kxcelieney  speak  Frencli  ? 

His  Excellency,  witli  eipial  |ioliteness,  regret- 
ted his  want  of  coui]iI(>te  familiarity  witli  French. 
He  was  forced  when  he  felt  deujily  on  any  sub- 
ject to  express  himself  in  English. 

Then  followed  Cicero's  oration  against  Verrcs, 
find  he  was  just  bouinniug  a  speech  of  Cliat- 
liain's  when  the  landlord  surrendered  at  dis- 
cretion. 

When,  after  the  lapse  of  three  hours  and 
twenty-live  minutes,  the  fat  iui;n  held  his  bill 
toward  him,  and  liuttons  oil'eretl  live  francs, 
he  did  not  even  remonstrate,  but  took  the  money, 
nnd  hastily  rcceijitiiig  the  bill  with  bis  pencil, 
darteil  from  the  room. 

"Well,''  exclaimed  the  Senator,  when  he 
had  recovered  from  I  he  etfects  of  the  scene — "  I 
never  liefore  realized  the  truth  of  a  storv  I  once 
licard." 

"What  was  the  story?" 

"  Oh,  it  was  abuet  abet  be- 
tween a  Vankeeaud  a  French- 
man, wild  could  talk  thclong- 
fst.  The  two  weie  shut  uj) 
in  a  room.  They  remain  d 
there  three  days.  At  the  end 
of  that  time  their  friends  broke 
ojien  the  door  and  entered, 
nnd  what  do  you  think  they 
found  there  ?" 

"Xobody:"  suggested  the 
fat  man. 

"No,"  said  the  Senator, 
with  a  glow  of  patriotic  pride 
on  his  fine  face.  "But  ihey 
found  the  Frenchman  lying 
dead  upon  the  floor,  and  the 
Yankee  whispering  in  his  ear 
the  beginning  of  the  second 
jiart  of  the  Iliggins  story." 

"  And  what  is  the  lliggius 
story?" 

"For  Heaven's  sake," 
ga9]ied  the  Doctor,  stalling 
ui>,  "don't  ask  him  now — 
wait  till  next  week!'' 

As  they  passed  over  the 
monntairts  of  Auvcrgno  a  new 
ruember  was  added  to  the 
Dodge  Club. 


It  was  the  fat  man. 

He  was  I'resident  of  a  Western  bank. 

His  name  was  Figgs, 

It  was  a  damp,  dull,  dreary,  drenching  night, 
when  the  lumbering  diligence  bore  the  Dodgo 
Club  through  the  streets  of  Lyons  and  uj)  to 
the  door  of  their  hotel.  Seventeen  men  nnd 
five  small  boys  stood  bowing  ready  to  receive 
them. 

The  Senator,  Buttons,  and  Dick  took  the 
small  valises  which  contained  their  travelling 
aiijtarel,  and  dashed  through  the  line  of  servitors 
into  the  house.  The  Doctor  walked  after,  se- 
renely and  majestically.  He  had  no  baggage, 
Mr.  Figgs  descended  from  the  roof  with  con- 
siderable difliculty.  Sli|i|iiiig  from  the  wheel, 
he  fell  into  the  outstretched  arms  of  three  wait- 
ers.    They  i)ut  him  on  his  feet. 

His  luggage  was  soon  ready. 

Mr.  Figgs  had  two  trunks  and  various  other 
articles.  Of  these  trunks  seven  waiters  took 
one,  and  four  the  other.     Then 

Waiter  No.  12  took  hat-box; 


(i 

K? 

travelling  desk; 

a 

U 

Scotch  jjlaid  ; 

a 

1.5 

over-coat ; 

a 

1(J 

umbrella; 

li 

17 

rubber  coat ; 

Bov 

1 

eanc ; 

(• 

2 

nnitller; 

u 

a 

one  of  his  mittens  ; 

a 

i 

the  other ; 

i  i 

'• 

i) 

cigar-case. 

After 

a  loi 

K  ■'• 

id 

laborious  dinner  tliev  ros« 

an  1  s;ni 

ked. 

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.^■N^-N^X'^^ 


8AC-i>,R-:t-i!r! 

Tliu  hoail  wiiiter  infornicil  'Ir.  I'lfr^s  ilint 
with  his  iiennission  a  ileimtation  would  wait  on 
him.  Mr.  Fiiiijs  was  siirjiriscil,  but  graciously 
iiivitcil  tiic  ilcputation  to  walk  in.  Thoy  ac- 
cordingly walked  in.  Seventeen  men  and  five 
boys. 

""What  did  they  want?" 

'■Oh.  only  a  /innrlidire  with  wliieli  to  di'ink 
his  Exeeiieiicy's  nohlo  health." 

"  liealiy  they  did  his  Excellency  too  niiu'h 
honoi'.      \Ver;'  they  not  mistaken  in  their  man  ?" 

"  Oh  no.  They  had  caniod  his  luggage  into 
the  hotel." 

Upon  this  'Sir.  Fi.rgsgavc  strong])roof  of  poor 
moral  training,  liy  breaking  out  into  a  volley  of  , 
Western  oaths,  which  shocked  one  half  of  the 
dejiutation,  and  made  the  other  half  grin. 

Still  they  continued  respectful  but  firm,  and 
reiterated  their  demand.  I 

Sir.  Figgs  called  for  the  landlord.     That  gen-  j 
tlemaii  was  in  bed.     For  his  wife.     She   did  ' 
not  attend  to  the  business.     For  the  head  wait-  I 
er.     Tiie  spokesman  of  the  deputation,  with  a 
polite  how,  informeil  him  that  the  head  waiter 
stood  before  him  and  was  quite  at  his  service. 

The  scene  was  ended  by  the  sudden  entrance 
of  IJuttons,  who,  motioning  to  Jlr.  F'iggs,  ])ro- 
ceeded  to  give  each  waiter  a  douceur.  One 
after  another  took  the  protfered  coin,  and  with- 
out looking  at  it,  tiianked  the  generous  donor 
with  a  ])rofiision  of  bows. 

Five  minutes  after  the  retreating  form  of 
Euttons  had  vanished  through  the  door,  twcnty- 
ouc  ])ersons,  consisting  of  men  and  boys,  stood 
staring  at  one  another  in  blank  amazement. 

Anger  followed  ;  then 

"  Sac-r-r-r-r-)-y-n.u-n.K.K-R.«-7?e .'" 

He  had  given  each  one  a  centime. 

Hut  the  customs  of  the  hotel  were  not  to  be 
changed  by  the  shabby  conduct  of  one  mean- 
minded  person.  When  the  Club  prejjared  to 
retire  for  the  night  they  were  taken  to  some 
rooms  opening  into  each  other.     Five  waiteri 


led  the  way ;  one  waiter  to 
each  man,  ami  eaih  curried  a 
pair  of  tall  wax-candli's.  Mr. 
Figgs's  waiter  took  him  to  his 
room,  laid  down  the  light*!, 
;ind  departed. 

The  do  jrs  which  connected 
the  rooms  were  all  opened, 
and  Mr.  Figgs  walked  thronpli 
to  see  about  something.  He 
saw  the  Doctor,  the  Senator, 
IJuttons,  and  Dick,  each  draw 
liic  short,  well-used  stump  of 
a  wax-candle  from  his  coat 
]iockv.'t  and  gravely  light  t. 
Then  letting  the  melted  wax 
fall  on  tiie  niantle-jiieces  they 
stuck  their  candles  tliere,  and 
in  a  short  time  the  rooms 
were  brilli'.intly  illiimiuated. 

The  waiters  were  thunder- 
struck.     Such    a    procedure 
had   never   coinc  within  the 
compass  of  their   experience   of  the  ways   of 
travellers. 

"  Uonsoir,'"  said  Duttons.  "  Don't  let  us  de- 
tain yon."' 

They  went  out  stujiefied. 
"  What's  the  idea  now";'"  inquired  Mr.  I'iggs. 
"Oh,  they  charge  a  franc  ajiicce  for  each 
candle,  and  that  is  a  swindle  which  we  will  not 
submit  to.'' 

"And  will  I  have  to  be  humbugged  again  ?" 
"Certainly." 
"Botheration." 

"  J[y  dear  Sir,  the  swindle  of  bougies  is  the 
curse  of  the  Continental  traveller.  None  of  us 
are  jiarticnlarly  ]iru(lent,  but  we  arc  all  on  the 
watch  against  small  swindles,  and  of  them  all 
this  is  the  most  frequent  and  most  insidious,  the 
most  constantly  and  ever  recurrent.  owaro, 
my  dear  I'residcnt,  of  bougies — that's  what  we 
call  candles." 

!Mr.  F'iggs  said  nothing,  but  leaned  against 
the  wall  for  a  moment  in  a  meditative  nu)od,  as 
if  debating  what  he  should  do  next. 

He  ha]>pened  to  be  in  the  Doctor's  room.  He 
had  already  noticed  that  this  gentleman  had  no 
percei)tiblo  baggage,  and  didn't  understand  it. 
But  now  he  saw  it  all. 

The  Doctor  began  favcly  to  make  prepara- 
tions for  the  night. 

Before  taking  olf  his  over-coat  he  drew  vari- 
ous articles  from  the  pockets,  among  which 
were : 


A  liair-tinisli, 

A  tnotli-l)ni!-li, 

A  sliDu-linHli, 

A  put  of  lilftcking, 

A  nii^lit-sliirt, 

A  clotlit'S-ljriisti, 

A  pipe, 

A  poiicli  of  tobacco, 

A  nizor', 

A  slmvinpt-linii'h, 

A  \t\tc(i  of  eoap, 


A  ni.;lit-ciip, 

A  boitle  of  liiiir-oil, 

A  pistol, 

A  giiidi'-book, 

A  cijrnr-cMiFp, 

A  bowic-lcnife, 

A  piece  of  cord, 

A  lianilkfirdiief, 

A  case  of  siiri;ical  in- 

fitrumuiiti', 
Some  bits  of  eindlss. 


Mr.  Figgs  rushed  from  the  room. 


THE  DODGI':  CLUB ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


i: 


I?" 


NI'MIIKI 


Aries  was  much  more 
sati.f.icton-.  Tlicro 
live  more  iirotty  wom- 
en in  Alios  tlian  in 
any  otlicr  town  of  the 
same  size  on  the  Con- 
tinent. 'Jlic  Chih 
created  an  unusual 
cxeitoinent  in  tliis 
licacei'i'l  town  \>y  walk- 
inj;  slowly  through  it 
in  Indian  tile,  luir- 
rowlv  scrutinizing;  ev- 
ery tliiiif;.  Tlicywon- 
tleied  much  at  the 
niiinlicrs  of  jicoplc  that 
filled  the  cathedral, 
all  gavly  dressed.  It 
was  not  until  after  a 
Ion;,'  ealeiilatinn  that 
they  found  out  that  it 
was  Sunday.  IJuttoris 
oiik  in  his  hand  all  day, 
and  took  account  of  all  tlicjiretty  women  whom 
he  saw.     The  nnndier  rose  as  high  as  Tl'D.      lie 


koiit  his  memoraudiim- 


•■'  CIIAl'TKU  III. 

Tin;   lUKlNI^   IN  .V   HAIN. — TIIK   MAI)  FKFAXnMAX. 
/  — SlRIliE   A   CAl'ITAI.   CllIMI-:    IN"   rHAXCI3. 

.^  Tin-;  steand)oats  that  run  on  the  Klione  are    woidd  have  raised  it  higher,  hut  unfortunately 

very  remarkahle  contrivances.  Their  huilders  an  indignant  citizen  ]iut  a  stop  to  it  hy  clmrg- 
liave  only  aimed  at  eomhining  a  maximum  of  ,  ing  him  with  impertinence  to  his  wife, 
limgtii  with  a  minimum  of  other  qualities,  so  I  On'  the  railroad  to  IMarseilles  is  a  famous 
that  each  boat  dis]ilays  an  incredible  extent  of  '  tunnel.  At  the  last  station  bcfuic  entering 
deck  with  no  ])ivrti(:ular  breadth  at  all.  Five  the  tunnel  a  gentleman  got  in.  As  they  passed 
pentlcmeii  took  refuge  iu  the  cabin  of  the  '  through  the  long  and  gloomy  jdaco  there  sud- 
Ktiule,  from  the  drenching  rain  which  fell  diir-  denly  arose  a  most  outrageous  noise  in  the 
ing  half  of  their  voyage.     This  was  an  absurd    ear. 

vessel,  that  made  trips  between  Joyous  and  Avign-  j      It  was  the  new  passenger. 
on.     Ilor  accommodations  resembled  those  of         Occasionally  the  light  shining  in  woidd  dis- 
a  canal  boat,  and  she  was  iirojielled  by  a  couple    close  him,  dancing,  stamping,  tearing  his  hair, 
of  jiaddle-wheels  driven  by  a  Jjillijjutian  engine,    rolling  his  eyes,  gnashing  his  teeth,  and  curs- 
It  was   easy   enough   for  her  to  go   down  the    ing. 

river,  as  the  current  took  the  responsibility  of  :       "Is  he  crazy?"  said  Dick. 
moving  her  along;   but  how  she  could  ever  get         "Or  drunk?"  said  IJntton-;. 
back  it  was  diflieidt  to  tell.  1      Lo  and  beludd  !  just  as  the  train  emerged 

They  were  borne  onward  through  some  of  the  ,  from  the  tunnel  the  ])assengcr  made  a  frantic 
fairest  scenes  on    earth.      Knincd  towers,  ivy-    dash  at  the  window,  flung  it  ojien,  and  before 
covered  castles,  thunder-blasted  heights,  fertile    any  body  could  speak  or  move  he  was  half  out, 
valleys,  luxuriant  orchards,  terraced  slopes,  trel-  1       To  sjjring  over  half  ii  dozen   seats,  to  land 
lised  vineyards,  broad  i)lains,  bounded  hy  dis-    behind  liim,  to  seize  his  outstretched  leg,  to  jerk 
tant  mountains,  whose  summits  were  lost  in  the    him  in  again,  was  but  the  work  of  a  moment, 
clouds;  such  were  the  successive  charms  of  the    It  was  Buttons  who  did  this,  and  who  baaged 
region  through  which  tlioy  were  passing.     Yet  ^  down  the  window  again, 
though  they  were  most  eloquently  described  in  '       "  Sac-r-c-R-u-Ile' !"  cried  the  Frenchman, 
the  letters  which  Buttons  wrote  homo   to  his!       "  Is  it  that  you  are  mad  ?"  said  Buttons, 
friends,  it  must  be  confessed  that  they  made'       "  Sacre  Bleu !"  cried  the  other.      "  Who  aro 
but  little  impression  at  the  time,  and  indeed    you  that  lays  hands  on  me  ?' 
were  scarcely  seen    at  all  through  the  vapor-    '    "  I  saved  you  from  destruction." 
covered  cabin  windows.  "Then,  8ir,  you  have  , no  thanks.     Behold 

Avignon   did  not   excite   their   enthusiasm,    mo,  I'm  a  desperate  man !" 
In  vain   the  guide-book  told   them  about  Pc-  j      In  truth  he   looked  like   one.      His   clothes 
trarch   and  Laura.      The  usual   raptures  were    were  all  disordered.      His  lii>s  were  bleeding, 
not   forthcoming.       In   vain    the   cicerone   led    and  most  of  his  hair  was   torn  out.     By  this 
them  through  the  old  papal  palace.      Its  sombre    time  the  guard    had  come   to  the   spot.      All 
walls  awakened  no  emotion.     The  only  etrcct   those  in  the  car  had  gathered  round.     It  was  a 
produced  was  on  the  Senator,  who  whiled  .away    long  car,  second-class,  like  the  American, 
the  hours  of  early  bed-time  hy  pointing  out  the        "  M'siou,  how  is  this?     AVhnt  is  it   that  I 
superiority  of  American   institutions    to   tho-e    see?     You  endeavor  to  kill  yourself  ?" 
which  reared  the  prisons  which  they  had  visited,  j      "Leave  mc.     I  am  desperate." 


H 


TIIK  DODGi:  CLLT.;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


Ik 
I 


"  But  no,     M'iiieu,  wiat  is  it  ?"'  | 

"  Iviston.  T  enter  the  train  vliinl<ini;  to  po 
to  AviLMum.  I  Ikivo  iiii])ortc.ni  business  tliere, 
most  important.  .Sudileniy  I  ttni  strucli  liy  ii 
tiiougiit.  1  liiid  I  liiive  mistaken.  1  nin  ciir- 
rieil  to  ."Miuseilles.  It  is  the  express  train,  and 
I  inu.-t  p)  all  tlio  way.  Horror!  l)esi)air ! 
Life  i>,  of  no  use  !  It  is  time  to  resi;_'n  it !  I 
di'  Aecordiu^dy  I  attempt  to  leaji  iVoin  the 
window,  \vlien  tliis  gentleman  seizes  me  by  tli;; 
leg  and  ]ialls  me  in.     Jieliold  all."' 

"^M'sieii,"  said  the  guard,  slowly,  and  with 
cmj)Iiasis,  "you  have  eoinniittcd  a  grave  of- 
fense.     Si'.ieide  is  a  capital  crime."  ] 

"A  rapital  critnel"  exclaimed  the  Frencli- 
niQii,  turning  iiale.      "  Great  lle:r,en  I'  ' 

"  Ves,  .'^ir.  If  you  leaji  from  the  car  I  sluiU 
jnit  you  in  irons,  and  hand  you  over  to  tiie  jio- 
li,'/  when  we  sto])." 

The  Fienchinan's  ])ale  face  grew  ii.tler.  lie 
became  humble,  lie  entreated  the  guard's 
compassion,  lie  begged  l?uttoi>s  to  intercede. 
He  had  a  family.  Moreover  he  had  fought  in 
t!:o  wars  of  his  country.  He  had  warred  in 
Africa.  He  apjiealed  to  the  Senator,  the  Doc- 
tor, to  Figgs,  to  Dick.  Finally  he  became 
calm,  and  the  train  shortly  after  arrived  at 
I^Iarseilles. 

The  lastthiit  was  seen  of  him  lie  was  rushing 
fraiitieally  jibuut  Inukiii;;  I'.);'  the  return  tiMin. 


IlOSItOUl      DlibPAlE 


CHAPTER  IV. 

M.VUSEILLES. 


f>i.n  Massilia  wears  her  years  well.  To  look 
nt  her  now  as  slie  ajipears,  full  of  life  and  joy  and 
gayety,  no  one  \vould  imagine  that  thirty  cen- 
turies or  more  had  jiassed  over  her  head. 

Here  is  the  first  glimpse  of  the  glorious  South, 
with  nil  its  sunshine  and  luxury  and  voluptuous 


beauty.  Here  the  Mediterranean  rolls  its  wa- 
ters of  deepest  bhu",  ilnongh  the  clear  air  the 
laialseajie  ajipears  with  astonishing  distinetnos!*, 
and  the  sharjdy-delincd  lines  of  distinct  otijects 
surprise  the  Northern  eye.  Marseilles  is  al- 
ways a  ])icturcs(iue  city.  Xo  coniincrcial  town 
in  the  world  can  compare  with  it  in  thisresjiect. 
On  the  water  lloat  the  Mediterranean  craft, 
rakish  boats,  with  enormous  lattcen  sails  ;  long, 
low,  sharp,  black  vessels,  with  a  si.sjiiciou*  air 
redolent  of  snuigglin,;  and  piracy.  No  tidei 
rise  and  fall  — advance  and  ri'trcat.  The 
waters  arc  always  the  same. 

All  the  Mediterranean  nations  are  represent- 
ed in  Marseilles.  Three-quarters  of  the  world 
send  their  ])eople  here.  Euroiic,  Asia,  Africa. 
In  the  streets  the  Syrian  jostles  the  Sjianianl  ; 
the  Italian  the  Arab;  the  Moor  jokes  with  the 
Jew  ;  the  Greek  cliaiVers  with  the  Algeriiie  ;  the 
Turk  scowls  at  the  Corsican;  the  Kussian  front 
( >dessa  ]iokes  the  Maltese  in  the  i  iiis.  There  is 
no  want  of  variety  here.  Human  nature  is 
seen  under  a  thousand  as]iccts.  .Marseilles  is 
the  most  cosmopolitan  of  cities,  and  rcjirescnts 
not  oiily  many  races  but  nuiny  ages. 

Moreover  it  is  a  fast  city.  New  York  is  not 
more  ambitious;  Chicago  not  more  asjiiring  ; 
.'^au  Francisco  not  more  confident  in  its  future. 
j\maznig  sight  I  Here  is  a  city  which,  at  the 
end  of  three  thousand  years,  looks  forward  to  a 
longer  ami  grander  life  in  the  future. 

And  why  'f 

AVhy,  because  she  expects  yet  to  be  the  arbi- 
ter  of  Eastern  commerce.  Through  her  the 
gold,  the  siiices,  and  the  gems  of  India  will  yet 
be  conveyed  over  the  lauojiean  world.  For  the 
Suez  Canal,  which  will  once  more  turn  the 
tide  of  this  mighty  traflie  through  its  ancient 
^Mediterranean  channel,  will  raise  ^larseilles  to 
the  foreii   '-t  rank  among  cities. 

So,  at  1     -t,  the  ^Marseillaise  believe. 

When  our  travellers  arrived  there  the  city 
was  crammed  witii  soldiers.  The  haibor  was 
]>ackeJ  with  steamshiiis.  GniiB  were  thunder- 
ing, bands  jdaying,  fifes  screaming,  mu.-kets  rat- 
tling, regiments  tranii)iiig,  cavalry  gallojiing. 
Confusion  reigned  snpreme.  Every  thing  was 
out  of  order.  No  one  sj^okc  or  thought  of  any 
thing  l)ut  the  cotning  war  in  Lonibardy. 

Excitable  little  red-legged  French  soldiers 
danced  about  everywhere.  Every  one  was  l)e- 
side  liimself.  None  coidd  use  the  ]iiaiii  lan- 
guage of  cvery-day  life.  All  were  intoxicated 
with  hope  and  enthusiasm. 

The  travellers  admired  immensely  the  excit- 
ing scene,  but  their  admiration  was  changed  to 
disgust  when  they  found  that  on  account  of  tiie 
rush  of  soldiers  to  Italy  their  own  ])rosiiects  of 
getting  there  were  extremely  slight. 

At  length  they  found  that  a  steamer  was  go- 
ing. It  was  a  jiropeller.  Its  name  was  the 
J'riiia;.  The  enterprising  company  that  owned 
her  had  jiatriotically  chartered  every  boat  on 
their  line  to  the  Government  at  an  enornKUis  jirof- 
it,  and  h.id  i)laced  the  Prince  on  the  lino  for  the 
use  of  travellers. 


Tllli  DODGE  CLUD;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  MrCCCLIX. 


15 


Tiu;:i!:  Italians. 


lu.-kcts  vut- 
tjiilliiiiing. 

ijiht  of  any 
ily. 

;h    soldiers 

luc  was  bc- 

piain  laii- 

intoxicatcd 


i,icr  was  Ro- 
me wa:5  the 
that  owned 
jiv  boat  on 
iiiiious  jirof- 
;  line  for  the 


CIIAl'TKIl  V. 
rni3  RETin,"!!  ouiiAN-ciuiNiiKK. — Tui:  i^r.y\roM 

I'lIII.OSCU'lIIZIij. — ICVILSOF  NOT  llVVlNi;  A  TAj^b- 
I'llUT. 

TiiH  Mciliterraiican  is  tlie  most  glorious  of 
(ions.  The  chirk-liiiie  waves  ;  tlie  skios  of  dark- 
er blue  ;  tlie  distant  hills  of  ]mr|ili>.  with  their 
crowns  of  everlasting  snow  ;  ami  the  i)eetling 
])rcci]>iee,  where  the  ve\ed  waters  forever  throw 
up  tiieir  foaniiuj;  sjiray;  the  fre()nent  hamlets 
that  nestle  among  them  ;  the  castles  and  towers 
that  crown  the  lofty  heights ;  and  the  road 
tl-.at  winds  tevtnously  along  the  shore — all  these 
form  a  scc^xi  in  which  beauty  nior<>  rouiaiitie 
than  that  '^f  the  Rhino  is  contrasted  witii  all  tlie 
grandeur  of  the  ocean. 

Enttoiis,  witii  his  nstial  floxilile  nnd  easy  dis- 
posiiiiMi,  made  the  aciiuaintance  of  a  (•f)iii)Ie  of 
Italians  who  had  b'en  away  from  Italy  and 
were  now  returning.  Tliey  were  travelling  sec- 
ond-class. 

IJuttons  BUiiiio'^ed  tlicy  were  gbid  to  get  back. 

"  Glad  ?  Did  he  dnu'ht  it  ?  Wliy,  they  were 
Italians." 

"  Are  Italians  foiulcr  of  their  cniintrv  than 
otliers?" 

"Without  doubt.  Had  tlicy  not  the  best 
rcison  to  be  ?" 

"Why?" 

"  Tliey  had  the  garden  and  pride  of  the 
world  for  their  country.  Mention  any  other  in 
the  same  breath  with  Italy." 

"If  they  love  it  so  much  why  can  they  not 
keep  it  for  tiiemselves  ?" 
B 


"  How  can  you  ask  that  ?  If  yon  know  the 
history  of  the  country  you  will  see  that  it  has 
been  imjiossible.  No  other  was  ever  so  beset. 
It  is  sjilit  up  into  ditl'erent  Slates.  It  is  sur- 
rounded by  jwwerful  enemies  wIkj  take  advan- 
tage of  this.  It  would  not  be  so  bad  if  thero 
were  only  one  foreign  foe  ;  but  thero  arc  many, 
and  if  one  were  driven  out  another  would  step 
in." 

"There  will  be  a  chance  for  tliein  now  to 
show  what  they  can  do." 

"  True  ;  and  you  will  sec  what  they  will  do. 
They  only  want  the  French  to  ojiei'.  the  way. 
We  Italians  can  do  the  rest  ourselves.  It  is  a 
goovl  time  to  go  to  Italy.  You  will  see  devo- 
tion and  patriotism  smdi  as  you  never  saw  be- 
fore.     There  is  no  country  so  beloved  as  Italy." 

"I  think  other  tuitions  are  as  jiatriotic." 

"  Other  nations  1  Wluit  nations?  Do  you 
know  that  tho  Italians  can  not  leave  Italy?  It 
is  this  love  that  keeps  them  homo.  French, 
Germans,  Sjianiards,  I'ortugucse,  English — all 
others  leave  their  homes,  and  go  all  over  the 
world  to  live.      Italians  can  not  and  do  not." 

"  I  have  seen  Italians  in  America." 

"You  have  seen  Italian  exiles,  not  emi- 
grants. Or  yon  have  seen  them  staying  thero 
for  a  few  years  so  as  to  earn  a  little  money  to 
go  back  with.  They  are  only  travellers  on 
business.  They  are  always  uidiappy,  and  are 
always  cheered  by  the  pros]iect  of  getting  home 
at  last." 

These  Italians  were  brothers,  and  from  ex. 
periencc  in  the  world  had  grown  very  intclli* 
gent.     Oac  had  ben  in  the  band-organ  buai- 


Hi 


'iir;  do:  of.  club;  oh,  italy  in  m;.c;;clix. 


r.fisg,  tliG  (ithir  ill  till'  imiiiic-niaking  line.  Ital- 
ians can  ill)  nntliiii;,'  flsi'  in  tlio  liiistiinr;  coni- 
iii'.iniiiL's  of  loi'i'i^'ii  iKiiidiis.  riiiltims  lookiHl 
with  i'i's|ii'ct  iiiiciii  ilioso  lUL'ii  m1;o  thus  hail  t'.ir- 
ric'd  tlioir  luvo  i'ui'  tlioir  ilrar  Ait  t'ur  voars 
thioi!^,'!!  stnui;;ij  laiiils  ami  iiiii'iiiini'iiia!  iliiiirs. 

•'It'  1  wiTi!  an  Italian  1  too  wuiilil  be  an 
ori,'an-}:;rii)ili'r  I''  liu  at  I'lijitli  cxclaiincil. 

'I'lie  Italians  iliil  not  ri'|ily,  Imt  eviilcntly 
tiioiiglit  that  Itiittuns  ciailil  nut  lie  in  a  licttui' 
hiisiiipss. 

'•Thi'so  /laliaiis,"  ^aiil  the  Senator,  to  \\li'ini 
Iiiittons  hailtoKl  thi'i'DnviTi-aiinii — "  tlicsL'  /t:il- 
ians,"  said  lio,  after  tlioy  hail  ^'llln•,  "air  a 
singular  jicojik'.  They're  ileliiiriit.  'riuy'io 
"antinj;  in  the  Icailiii;:  olcmi'iit  ol'  tlie  a^re. 
'I'hpy  haven't  p>t  any  idee  nt'  the  jniiieii'le 
of  pro-Ki'ess.  They  don't  understand  Inule. 
There's  where  tliey  miss  it.  AVhat's  the  use 
'f  hand-organs?  What's  the  use  of  daneers? 
What's  the  use  of  statoos,  whether  jilaster  im- 
ages or  inarhlc  senlptoor?  Can  they  ilear  for- 
ests or  linild  np  States'?  No,  Sir;  and  there- 
fore 1  say  that  this  /taliaii  nation  will  never  he 
wntli  a  en-s  niitil  tliey  are  inoenlatod  with  the 
spirit  of  Seventy-six,  the  la'ineiples  of  the  I'il- 
^'villl  Fathers,  and  the  doetrines  of  tiie  I!  'vo- 
liiiioi).  IJoiiey  knows  it" — he  added,  senter.- 
tioasly — '•  iiless  yon,  Boney  knows  it.'' 

After  a  sound  sleep,  wliieli  lasted  until  late 
m  the  follouiiig  day,  they  went  out  i  ii  deidi. 

Tiiere  lav  Henoa. 


Glorious  sight!      As  tliev  stood   lookin;: 


at 


the  superb  eity  the  stiii  jHiured  down  upon  the 
.scene  his  brightest  rays.  The  eity  rose  in  siie- 
fessive  terraees  on  the  side  of  a  semieirriiiar 
slope  erowned  with  massive  edillees ;  moles 
pvojeeted  into  the  harljiir  terminated  by  lofty 
towers;  the.  inner  ba-in  was  erowded  with  ship- 
ping, iiroiniiient  among  whieli  were  countless 
Freneli  ships  of  war  and  transports.  The  yells 
of  lifes,  the  throbbing  of  drnins,  the  be.iig  of 
iiHiskcts,  the  thnnder  of  cannon,  an  1  tlh-  straiin 
L)f  martial  music  filled  the  air.      IJoals  crowded 


with  soldiers  constantly  passed  from  the  i.ldps 
to  the  stone  ipiays,  where  thousands  more  wait- 
ed to  receive  them-— siddiers  being  laixed  up 
with  guns,  cannons,  wheels,  innskets,  ilniin>^, 
bagga;;e,  sails,  beams,  timbers,  eam];s,  mat- 
tresses, casks,  hoses,  irons,  in  inlinite  cont'ii-h  n. 

■'  We  inu>t  go  ashore  here,"  said  llnttoiu. 
'•  Does  any  body  know  how  long  the  steamer 
will  remain  here?" 

-A  day.'' 

'•  A  day  !  'I  hat  will  lie  magnificent  I  'We 
will  be  able  to  see  the  wholr  cii\-  in  that  time. 
Let's  go  and  order  a  boat  <  If.  " 

The  t'ajjtain  received  them  ))ulitcly. 

"  ^^  hat  did  Messietirs  want ';*  Togoashore? 
With  the  utmost  jdeasure.  Had  they  their  |ia>>- 
jiorts  ?  (!f  ciairse  they  h.nd  them  (■(',•.((/  in  .Mar- 
seilles fia'(ienoa." 

Unttons  looked  blank,  and  feeblv  iiimiired  : 
\      "Why?' 

i  "It's  the  law.  Monsieur.  Vi'e  arc  iirohibiteu 
from  pcrmiiting  jassengers  to  go  ashore  nn- 
le,-s  their  ]iass)ior;s  are  all  right.  It's  a  mere 
form." 

"A  tnerc  form'."  crieil  Jbittons.  ••Why, 
ours  are  r!s<'tli\ir  Naples.'' 

"Naples  I"  cried  the  (':!i'tain.  with  a  shrug: 
"yon  arc  unfortunate,  Jlessieiirs.  'J'hat  will 
not  I'ass  \ou  to  (jenoa." 

"  My  dear  Sir,  yon  don't  nie.an  to  tcdl  me 
that,  on  aeeoniit  of  this  litile  informality,  you 
will  kee]i  '-  priMiners  on  board  of  this  vessel? 
t'onside''  —  " 

'•  .Monsieur,'' said  the  C'a]itain.  courteously. 
••I  did  not  make  these  laws.  It  is  the  law  ;  I 
can  not  change  it.  I  should  be  most  hai;]>y  to 
oblige  yon,  but  I  ask  yon,  how  is  it  jiossible  ?"' 

The  Cajitain  was  right.  He  could  do  noth- 
ing. The  travellers  would  have  to  swalloV 
their  rage. 

Imagine  them  looking  all  day  at  the  loveli- 
est of  Italian  scenes — the  glorious  eity  of  (lenoa, 
with  all  its  historic  associations  I — the  city  of 
the  Delias,   the  home  of  ( 'olumbus,  even  now 


«EN'OA,TIIE  BlPBllU. 


1 


.111  tlir  i;.ill'i 
Is  ni(i!>'  \. ait" 
K  iiiixi'il  iiji 
<l;t'ts,  iliuni-^, 
Cimii;s.  iiiiit- 
ito  ('(iiirii-ii'ii. 

mu\    lilltli  lla. 

■  the  sloaiiiLi' 


ifKciit  I  ^Ve 
in  thai  tiiiio. 

itcly. 

To  ^;<i  iishnvi.'  ? 
icy  their  |i;i>s- 
riMtl  ill  Mar- 
ly iiKUiiied  : 

lU'c  ]ir(ihihitcii 
:o  ashore  mi- 
lt's a  luoru 


Tin:  DODCIi:  tLU«;  OU,  ITALY  JX  MDCCCLIX. 


17 


the  scptio  (if  I'vi'iits  n]Hm  whicli  the  eyes  of  all 
I  hi-  worhl  WL-ro  f.istciu'il. 

linaj^inu  them  looking;  iiiioii  all  this,  niul  only 
InokiiiK,  iinalile  to  po  near  ;  seeiii;;  all  the  |ire|i- 
aratioiis  for  war,  but  iiiiahle  to  iiiini;l<!  with  the 
warriors.  To  jiaec  iiji  ami  down  all  tlay  ;  to 
slialie  their  lists  at  the  seeiie;  to  fret,  ami  fimie, 
an. I  ehalb  with  irrepressiMc  iin|ialieiiee ;  to 
seohl,  to  rave,  to  swear— this  was  the  lot  of  the 
iinhaiipy  tourists. 

Ili^'h  in  the  startled  luiivens  rose  the  thiin- 
iler  of  iireparatioiis  for  the  war  in  honiharily. 
They  heaid  the  sounds,  but  could  not  wateh 
the  seeiie  near  at  hand. 

The  day  was  as  Ion;,'  as  an  ordinary  week, 
but  at  length  it  eaine  to  an  end.  On  the  fol- 
lowinj;  in:irnin„'  steam  was  got  nji,  and  they 
went  to  Leghorn. 

"I  snii|inso  they  will  play  the  same  jxama 
on  us  at  lA'^horn,"  said  Diek.  nionrnfiilly. 

'■  Witlnmt  doiiht,"  saiil  IJiittons.  •'  l?nt  I 
dmi't  mind  ;  the  bitterni'ss  of  death  is  past.  1 
can  stand  aiiv  tr.iu''  now." 


A;;nin  the  same  tantali/.in;;  view  of  a  preat 
eityfroin  afar,  liijjhoni  lay  inviijii^  them,  but 
the  iinluiky  passport  ke]it  them  on  board  of  the 
vessel.  The  ."Senator  ^'rew  impatient,  .Mr.  l''i;.'ps 
and  the  Doctor  were  testy  ;  Dick  and  MiittoiH 
aNmc  were  calm.  Jt  was  the  (alinness  of  do- 
sl.air. 

After  waichi'  ^  I,i't:horn  for  hours  the\  were 
taken  to  ('i\ita  ^'eeellia.  Here  they  rushed 
down  below,  and  duriii};  the  .short  iieriutl  of 
iluir  stay  rciiiaiiied  invisible. 

At  last  their  voya^ce  ended,  I'.iid  they  entered 
the  harbor  of  Naples.  (Jloiious  Naples  I  Naples 
the  captivatiiij.'  I 

'•  \'<ilc  .\(i/ii)/i,  r  /Id!  uiiiri .'"' 

There  was  the  liay  of  Naples— the  match- 
less, the  jiecrless,  the  indcseiibaldel  'J'liero 
the  roek  of  Isehia,  the  Isle  of  Capri,  there  tlio 
slopes  of  Sorrento,  where  ncver-endiiifr  sjirin;; 
abides  ;  there  the  long  sweej)  of  Na]iles  and 
her  sister  cities;  there  \'esnvins,  with  its  thin 
Volume  of  smoke  lluatii;^'  like  a  iieniioii  in  the 
iair! 


uns. 


Why, 


with  a  shnij: ; 
j.      That  uiU 

an  to  tell  niQ 
formality,  yon 
jf  this  vessel  ? 

1,  courteously. 

is  the  law  ;   I 

most  hap]>y  to 

;  it  iiossible  ?'" 

uuhl  do  roih- 

c  to   swallow 

nt  the  loveli- 
city  of  (ienoa, 
the  city  of 
)ns,  even  now 


/ ; 


/:4: 


Tii::ir.  no::i.i:  i-.\iT.i.i.r.Nc;r; 


ClIAl'TKll  VI. 

I.AZ.VUONt   AM)   M.VCAUOXT. 

Ai',oi:t  forty  or  fifty  lazaroni  snrronndoil  the 
Dodi^c  Club  when  they  landed,  but  to  their  in- 
tense disgust  the  latter  ignored  them  altogeth- 
er, and  carried  their  own  timbrellas  and  carpet-  ! 
hags.     But  the  lazaroni  revenged  themselves. 
As   the  Doctor  stooped    to  ])iek  np  his  cane, 
which  had  fallen,  a  number  of  articles  dropi)cd 
from  his  breast-])ocket,  and  among  them  w.is  a  ■ 
revolver,  a  thing  which  was  tabooed  in  Naples.  ' 
A  ragged  rascal  eagerly  snatched  it  and  handed 


it  to  a  gendarme,  and  it  was  only  after  paying 
a  iiiastre  that  the  Doctor  was  I'cnnitted  to  re- 
tain it. 

Even  after  the  travellers  had  started  ofT  on 
foot  in  search  of  lodgings  the  la/.aroni  did  not 
desert  them.  Ten  of  them  fidlowed  every- 
where. At  intervals  they  respectfully  oft'ered 
to  carry  their  baggage,  or  show  them  to  a 
hotel,  whichever  was  most  ngieeable  to  their 
Noble  Excellencies. 

Their  Noble  Excellencies  were  in  despair. 
At  length,  stumbling  npon  the  Cafc'  dell'  Kn- 
ropa,  th'->y   rushed    in    and  i)assed  three  hours 


15 


TIIK  DOlKii:  CLUH;  OK,  ITALY  IN  .MDCCCLIX. 


oviT  iln'ir  l.rcakfasf.  This  ilon'j,  ilioy  con;;nit- 
iilMtL'd  tliciiisflves  oil  liavitiK  gut  riJ  of  tlicir 
I'ul  lowers. 

In  vain  1 

Scari't'ly  li.ul  i1k\v  ('ni(!i(.'i'tl  IVoin  tlio  cafo 
than  Dick  nlturcil  u  cry  of  horror.  From  lic- 
liinil  a  cirncv  aihanccil  ilicir  ten  tVicnils,  with 
thi'  same  calm  (leiiioaiu)r,  the  same  iiiiriillicd 
iiii'l  evi'u  (■iieert''.il  |iatieiice,  ami  the  sanio  re- 
>lii'ctt'iii  otlor  ot'tiuir  hiimlile  services. 

In  ile>|iiiir  tiiey  separate!.  Iiiittoin  atul 
Dick  tilitaiiied  liulniiitrs  in  tiic;  Siraila  tii  .'^an 
Ijartolloineo.  Tiie  [Senator  ami  tiie  otiicr  two 
eiij.;a}5eil  jileasant  rooms  on  tiie  Straila  Xtiova, 
\(liiih  overlodkeil  the  Hay, 

('ertainly  Naples  is  a  very  curious  jilace. 
Til-re  are  maKniticeiit  eililiecs— palaces,  mon- 
iiineMts,  castles,  fortresses,  chiirclies,  ami  catlie- 
(h'als.  Tlieic  are  majestic  rows  of  l)iiil(lin;,'s ; 
H.iy  sliojis,  siilendiiUy  ilecorateil ;  stately  colon- 
iiules,  ami  {,'ardens  like  Tarailise.  Tlierc  are 
streets  unrivalled  for  ^.'iiyety,  forever  lilled  to 
overllowini,'  with  the  Imsy,  the  laii;_'hiii^,',  the 
jnliy  ;  dasliin;,'  othcers,  iitiisy  soldiers,  raf.';;ed 
l;i.;aroni,  iiroiid  nolle-;,  sickly  liet.'^;ars,  lovely 
l.ulics ;  troops  of  cavalry  gallo]'inj:  iiji  and 
(1  iwn  ;  fen  thousand  ealeches  dashiii;,'  to  and 
fill.      There  is  variety  enough  everywhere. 

All  the  trades  are  diviiled,  and  arran^'cd  in 
dillcrent  jiarts  of  the  cit}-.  Here  are  the  loi'k- 
Miiilhs,  there  the  caliiiiet- makers ;  here  the 
hiiilders,  there  the  armorers;  in  this  jdaee  the 
basket-weavers,  in  that  tlii^  cnrk-iuakers. 

And  most  amiisin;;  of  all  is  the  .•street  most 
favored  of  the  lazaroni.  Here  they  live,  and 
move,  and  have  their  heiii^;  ;  here  they  are 
liorn,  they  jridw,  they  wed,  they  rear  I'amilies, 
t',;ey  cat,  and  drink,  and  die.  A  loiiij  array  of 
farnaces  exien.ls  ii]i  the  street;  over  each  is  a 
6rew-]ian,  ami  behind  each  a  cook  armed  with 
an  enoriiion.s  ladle.  At  all  hours  of  the  d;iy  the 
cook  serves  up  macaroni  to  customers.  This  is 
the  diet  of  the  jienple. 

In  the  cellars  behind  those  Hues  ol' stow-'ians 


are  the  catinji-lionses  of  tlic  vulvar — low,  grimy 
places,  floors  iiiirusted  with  mud,  tables  of 
thick  deal  worn  by  a  thousand  horny  hands, 
slippery  with  ten  thoiisaml  upset  ilislies  of  luac- 
arimi.  Here  the  pewter  jilales,  and  the  iniu 
kniveii,  forks,  ami  spoons  are  chained  to  the 
imissivc  tables.  How  utter  must  the  destiiit- 
tioti  be  when  it  is  tliou;^ht  necessary  to  chain 
itj)  such  worthless  trash  I 

Into  one  of  these  )ilaces  went  Uiittoiis  and 
Dick  in  their  study  of  liuiiinn  nature.  They 
sat  at  the  table.  A  liuj;e  dish  of  macaror.i  was 
served  up.  Fifty  )^ncsts  stojiped  to  look  at  the 
new-comers.  The  waiterii  winked  at  the  cn-- 
tomer.s  of  the  house,  ami  thrust  their  toiij.;ncs 
ill  their  cheeks. 

Dirk  could  m)t  cat.  but  the  more  ]ihiliisoi'h- 
ical  Uiittoiis  madi^  an  e\treiiuly  hearty  meal, 
and  pronounced  the  macaroni  dili<ious. 

On  landing  in  a  city  which  swarmed  with 
betrpars  the  first  thoujiht  of  our  tourists  was. 
How  the  mischief  ill)  they  all  live?  There  are 
sixty  thoiHiind  hi/anmi  in  this  jiay  city.  'J'lie 
avcrae-e  amount  of  clolhiu^i  to  eiieh  man  \* 
about  one-thiid  of  a  pair  of  trowsers  and  a 
woolen  caj).  I)iit  after  speiidint.;  a  day  or  two 
the  question  chanf^ed  its  form,  and  became. 
How  the  misihief  cati  they  all  help  livin;:? 
I'ood  may  be  picked  np  in  the  streets.  Ila:ul- 
t'uls  of  oran>;es  and  other  fruits  sell  for  next  to 
iiothiun;  stiin;:s  of  lies  co.>-t  about  a  cent. 

The  coiisciiiieiice  is  that  these  sixty  thousiuid 
]ieople,  felliAv-ercatures  ofoiir<,  who  are  known 
as  the  lazaroni  of  Naples,  whom  \\e  half  jiity 
and  alto;;ether  desjiise,  ami  look  upon  as  tin! 
lowest  members  of  the  Caucasian  race,  are  not 
altogether  very  mi>eial  le.  On  the  contrary, 
taken  as  a  whole,  they  form  the  ragf,'eil(  st, 
oiliest,  fattest,  drolU'st.  niii>iest,  sleekest,  dirti- 
est, ijziiorantest,  iircjudiccdest,  narrow-miudeil- 
cst,  shirtlessest,  cloiheslessest,  idlest,  careless- 
est,  joUiest,  absiirdest,  rasealiest — but  still,  for 
all  that,  jierhajis— taken  all  in  all — the  liai'j'i- 
est  ci'miiiunity  on  the  face  of  the  earth. 


I,\Z\i:O.M    AM)    Mie.MJi.M, 


TiiK  lODdi:  cnii;  on,  italy  in  mdccclix. 


i;i 


—low,  K'  iiii"' 
,1,  tiUilos  ..I' 
loniy  liiuuls, 

sllL'S  of  IllllC- 

.11(1   the   inm 

liiu'd   to    till' 

iho  (loliiu- 

nry  to  liiaiii 

IjllttOllS    lUnl 

itiiiv.     'JMicy 

iimc;irc>!'.i  WHS 

0  Idok  lit  tlic 

1  at  iliii  c'li— 
tiitir  tuii;;iips 

re  iiliiliis(i]'li- 
liuaity  iiioal, 
icidiis. 

waniH'.l  with 
tuiirists  was, 
?  'I'Irtc  iifo 
\\  city.  'I'lu! 
cacli  man  i< 
owscrs  ami  ii 
a  (lay  oi'  l«o 
ami   liccaiiii'. 

liil]!  living'? 
fc'cts.  llaiul- 
I'U  t\)i'  iii-Xt  to 
t  a  coiit. 
sixty  tlioiisanil 
ho  avo  kiuAMt 
I  wii  halt'  iiity 
;  upon  as  iho 
1  lacc,  iii(!  not 
the  cmitrary. 
lie  raggeiksi. 
sleekest,  ilirti- 
iiriMW-ininilei!- 
Ikst,  taieless- 

liut  still,  f'li' 
11— the  hai'i.i- 
ciuth. 


i 


<'    ■.^«;(»ii...i.i  I  ,   '';,'-  ";Ja,  •*   7       IftI      1/      .V       .       \        'III 


Y  \.m;k::  douhu: 


ciiArTF.R  vri. 

P(n.f>i:r;.-.  — AN  itaman  mmd  i,i;ai!\<i"N(ii.is!I. — 

A  1!(  IMA  Nile  ADVf.NnUi:.  —  A  M  AXJIKKA  1)1'.,  AM) 

WHAT   ii:;ri:i.i,   Tiii-;   si:nat(ih. — a    (  iiAiiMiMi 

IMiMINo. — a    MddM.lulir     WAI.ii,    AM)    AN    AJi- 

■.(irsi)i.N(i  i)!.^eovi;i!Y. 

Tilt:  loilj^inps  of  Pnutons  and  Dick  were  in  a 
remarkably  ecntral  ]inrt  of  Naples.  The  hiiul- 
hiid  was  a  trne  Neiiiiolitaii ;  a  liandsonie,  Ki>y, 
witty,  noisy,  lively,  rascally,  eovetoiis.  nnfirate- 
t'lil.  deceitful,  cunning,  pood-hearted  old  scoun- 
drel, wiio  took  advantage  of  his  guests  in  a 
thousand  ways,  and  never  spoke  to  tlieiu  witli- 
our  tryini»  to  luimlm;;  them.  Ho  was  the  fa- 
tlier  of  a  pretty  daughter  who  had  all  lior  par- 
ent's nature  somewhat  toned  down,  ami  expand- 
ed in  a  feniiuiue  mould. 

Hnttons  had  a  chivalrous  soul,  and  so  had 
Dick;  the  vivacity  of  this  very  fricmlly  younu 
lady  was  like  an  oasis  in  the  wilderness  of 
travel.  In  the  eveniui;  tiiey  loved  to  sit  in  the 
sunshine  of  her  smile.  She  was  singularly 
uncouvontional,  this  lan<lloid"s  dauf:hter,  and 
made  many  informal  calls  on  her  two  lodgers 
in  their  aiiartmeiit. 

An  innocent,  spri^ditly  little  maid — name  Do- 
lores— age  seventeen — complexion  olive — liair 
jot  hiack — eyes  likes  tars,  hirjie,  luminous,  and 
at  the  same  time  twinklinf; — was  anxious  to 
learn  English,  es;)ecially  to  sing  English  songs  ; 
and  so  u."ied  to  bring  her  guitar  and  sing  tor  the 
Americans.     Would  thcv  teach  her  their  nation- 


al song?     "Oh   yes  '.  hapf  y 
-V^     P,,.i\|\  beyond  expression  to  do  .so.'' 

The  result,  after  ten  lessons 
was  soinethiiig  like  this  : 

"  Amy  |)i'o<lii  tininiii  tnw  lu 
lly  lii»  Hit  II  piiiK' 
^l;>('"';i  tiiiMll  ilillll  Pl.t 

kllllll  .MiKlMIUIll." 

SIic  used  to  sing  this  in  '.].'> 
most  charming  manner,  opi- 
cially  the  la>t  wordiu  the  hi-t 
line.  Kcit  the  lea.-t  charm  in 
her  juanner  was  her  evident 
cnnviction  tliat  she  had  mas- 
tered tiie  ICnglisli  laiignage. 

"Was  it  not  nn  astoni-h- 
iiig  thing  for  s )  young  a  Sign- 
oriiia  to  know  English '/'' 

'•  Oh,  it  was  indeed  1"  said 
Eutiiiiis,  who  knew  Italian 
very  well,  and  had  the  lion's 
share  of  the  conversation  al- 
wa\  s. 

'•  And  they  .said  her  accent 
was  fine  ?" 

"  Oh,  most  beautiful:" 
"  Ilellissima!  Hellis.-inia  !  ' 
rejieated  little  Dnhires,  and 
she  would  laugh  until  her  eyes 
overllowed  with  delighteel  van- 
ity. 

"Could     any    Siguorina 
Americana  learn  Italian  in  -o 
short  a  timeV' 

'•No,  not  one.  They  Innl  not  the  sjiii  it.  Tiny 
could  never  cipial  her  mo>t  beantifid  aci<  iil.  " 

"  Ah  !  you  say  all  the  time  that  my  accent  is 
most  beantifid." 

One  day  she  lacked  up  a  likeness  of  a  young 
lady  whieii  was  lying  on  the  table. 

'"'  Who  it  this  ■;?"  she  asked,  abrujitly,  of  But- 
tons. 

"  A  Signorinn." 

"  Oh  ves!     I  know ;  hut  is  she  a  relative?"' 
"  No.*' 

"  Are  you  married  ?" 
"  No."" 

"  Is  this  your  affianced  ?" 
"Yes." 

"  Ah,  how  strange!  What  will  you  be?— a 
soldier  or  an  advocate?" 

"  Neither.     I  will  be  a  ])riest." 
"A  i)ricgtl      Siguor,  what  i.-  it  that  yoi,  tell 
me?      How  can  this  be  your  affianced  lady':*'' 

"  Ob  1  in  our  country  the  jiriests  all  marry, 
and  live  in  beautiful  little  cottages,  with  a  gar- 
den in  front."' 

This  Dolores  treated  with  the  most  contempt- 
uous incredulity.  Who  ever  heard  of  such  a 
thing?  Imjiossiblel  Jloreover,  it  was  so  ab- 
surd. Buttons  told  her  that  he  was  affianced 
five  years  ago. 

"  An  eternity !"  exclaimed  Dolores.  "  IIow 
can  yon  wait?  But  you  must  have  been  ver_v 
young." 

"  Y'oung  ?     Y'es,  only  .sixteen." 


JO 


Tin:  DODUK  t'LLH;  OK,  ITALY  IN  MDCfCLIX. 


•' lUi'SsCil  iiiul  most  vi'iu'iiilili'  N'ii'Kinl     Only  I      'I'lu'  Sipnom  iliil  nut  liiivi!  to  viiit  luii);.     \ii 
Btxti'i'ii  !      And  IS  nIio  tli'J  iiio-it    buaiitiful   (;irl  '  less  time  tlinti  it  tnki  s  to  tell  this  Dick  ^tonii 


roll  know  !'" 

"No." 

"\Vlii'i'o  Imvo  yoii  locii  one  more  so?" 

*'  In  Niii'lcs." 

"  Wlio  is  shi'.y 

"  iVn  Ituliiin. ' 

"^Vllilt  is  lii'Muinic?" 

"Duloivs." 

•'  Tlmt's  mo." 

"  I  ini'iin  yon." 

This  was  \nvUy  ilircct  ;  lint  ])i. lores  was  frnnk, 
mil  iTc|nircil  tVnnkin'ss  IVoin  ollii  is.  .^onii'  yonnj,' 
lailius  woiikl  hiivi'  coiisiikn'ud  this  too  coiii'si'iind 
dlien  to  liu  atHi'ptahli'.  I'lit  Dolori's  hail  so  liijjli 
nil  o]iini(jii  of  hcrsi'ir  that  she  took  it  lor  sincuru 
homnKi.'.  So  slii;  liaU'  I'losud  liiT  eyes,  luanud 
li;ick  in  her  iliiiir,  looked  laiiu'iiishin^ly  at  I5nl- 
toiis.  and  tlit'ii  hinst  into  a  iiici  jy  peal  i  riimsic- 
ul  laii;,'liter. 

"I  ihiiik  I  am  the  most  heaiiiifiil  j,'irl  yon 
ever  saw." 

It  was  Uiittons's  turn  to  lan;;li.      He  told  Do- 


with  his  hest  liow  helbre  lier.  How  ho  C011- 
prainlatuil  himself  on  luiviii);  stiidi(Hl  Italian  ! 
The  lady  reclined  on  a  sofa.  She  was  ahout 
thirty,  and  nndeiiiahly  jirelty.  A  unilai-  lay  at 
her  feet.  liooks  were  scattered  ariJiiiid-  Kri'iK  h 
novels,  nnd  nianiials  of  devotion,  liitellifreiicn 
heained  from  her  lar^e,  exjires.-ivo  e\es.  How 
deli;ilitfiil  1  Hero  was  an  adveuture,  lerliii]is  ft 
tail  eon(|iiest. 

"  (lood-evenin^r,  Si^jnorl" 

"1  kiss  the  hands  to  yonr  lady>lii|',"  said 
Dick,  miisteriiij;  a  sentence  from  Olleiidnill'. 

'•  rardon  me  for  this  idierty." 

"  I  assure  y(.ni  it  ^ivcs  me  the  (^'reatcst  liiipil 
ncss,  and  I  am  wlndly  at  your  service." 

"  I  have  nnderstood  that  you  are  nn  Amcri- 
cnn." 

'  I  nm,  Si;;norn.'' 

"And  this  is  yonr  first  visit  to  Nnjilcs?" 

"  .My  first,  SiKiiora." 

"  How  does  Naples  jilcase  yon  ?" 

"  I'^xeeedinjily.  The  heaiitifnl  eity,  the  crnwd- 


One  eveniiig  when    Dick   was  alone  in  the 
room  a  knock  canii!  to  the  door. 
"Was  he  diseii};aged?" 
"  Oh,  (piite." 

"  The  Si-iicira  in  the  ruom  next — " 
"Yes.  • 

"AVoiild  he  hai'iiv  to  see  liiin." 
"Now?" 
'■  Yes,  as  soon  as  he  liked." 


,».     I 


0 


SI.    '-ifmiMiiA 


lores  that  she  was  (piite  ri(,'ht,  and  repealed  her    cd  streets,  the  deli;,'htl'ul  views — above  all,  the 
favorite  word,  "  lielHssima  1"  '  most  eharmint,'  ladies." 

A  liow — a  slif^ht  lliisli  ]iassed  over  the  lady's 
face,  and  Dick  whispereil  to  liiin-clf — 

"Well  put,  D:ek,  my  hoy— deuced  well  jut 
for  ft  bepinner." 

"To  come  to  the  ]ioi'it,"  .said  the  lady,  villi 

a    si^!h. — ("All,   here    wc    have    it!"    thought 

Dii  k— the  ]Joiut— bh'ssed  moment  I) — "  I  wmild 

not  have  veiitmed  to  trouble  yon  for  any  sli;;ht 

cause,  Si^nor,  but  this  nearly  cuiice-.ns  myself.'' — 

(Kee])  down— our  heart,  murmured 

Dick — cool,  you  do^' — cool!) — ".My 

happiness    and    ray    tcndcrcst    feel- 

iiif^s — "     (Dick's   sntl'iised   eyes  ex- 

])resseddeei).symi  atliy.) — "  1  th(jii;,lit 

of yon — " 

"Ah.  SiKiiora!" 

"And  not  beiiiR  acquainted  with 
you — "  (What  a  shame  I — iisidi) — 
'•  I  eor.cliided  to  waive  all  formality  " 
— (Social  forms  are  s,'eiierally  ft  nui- 
s;iiice  to  anient  souls — asi(l() — "and 
to  communicate  at  once  with  you." 

"  Simiora,  let  mo  assure  you  tli.nt 
this  is  the  happiest  moment  in  mv 
life." 

The  Signora  looked  surprised,  but 
went  on  in  a  sort  of  prcocciiiiied  way  : 
"  I  want  to  know  if  you  can  tell  me 
any  tliinj^  about  my  brother." 
""  IJrotlier!" 

"Who  is  now  in  America." 
Dick  ojioncd  his  cy^'ri. 
"  I  thought  that  ])erliaps  ur,;  could 
tell  me  how  he  is.     1  lane  wd  heard 
from  him  for  two  year:'.,  and  feel  very 
anxious." 

Dick  sat  for  a  moment  snrjjrised  nt 

this    unexpected  turn.      'i'ho  l.idy's 

anxiety  about  her  brother  he  could 

I  KISS  HANDS.  see  was  not  feigned.    So  he  conteakd 


1 


TiiK  roD'ir  ci.rn;  ok.  r;  ai.v  in  MinctLix. 


SI 


lit  loH);.  Hii 
(  Dii'k  htoiiil 
[i)\v  liu  ciin- 
liiiil  Italiiiii ! 

X\    \VI1«    IlllOllt 

Hiiitiir  liiy  lit 
1111(1-   I''ii'ii(li 

llltuUij-'lMll'l! 

I  eves.     How 

I'U,  1  l.lll!ll'!*  »v 


l_\>liii>,"  siiid 
VUcnduitl". 

rcntcst  Imp]  i 

ioo." 

ru-  an  Aiiicri- 


sajilcs?" 


ly,  the  crnwtl- 
ibovo  all,  the 

vcr  the  liidv's 

If— 

iced  well  ]'Ul 

llic  liuly,  v.i;li 
it!"  tiiou>:lit 
I)—"  I  would 
for  any  sli-jht 
I'lis  iiiysc'ir.' — 
rt,  iiiiiniiui'od 
cool!)— ".My 
iidercst  fuel- 
led eyes  CX- 
"1  thuiiLlit 


qunintcd  «ith 

10  I K.wV/c) 

ill  foi'mality  " 
iicrally  a  mii- 
(i.s/(/() — "and 

with  you." 
sun;  you  that 
omoiit  in  my 

surprised,  hut 
occuiiic'd  way : 
u  can  tell  iiie 
thcr." 

iicrica." 

iiijis  Mv.i  could 
ia\C!  ii'/L  hoaid 
,  and  tl'cl  very 

It  surjiriised  nt 

The  l.idy's 

tlior  he  could 

0  lie  coiuealcd 


tniicrcd  down  until  the  en- 
trance III'  a  miilleiuan  hroiiKh* 
it  to  a  ( ln>c.  Dick  huwcl 
hiinsidf  out. 

"  At  iiuy  rati',"  he  Miur- 
iiinred,  "if  the  lady  wanted  to 
iu'ipei't  iiic  hhc  liad  a  chance, 
and  it  .she  wnntcd  to  ]ininp 
Mie  she  ou;;'it  tu  Le  )iuli>lied." 

One  cvcniMK  Diittons  and 
Dick  came  in  and  found  a 
sirant:cr  chatiin;;  familiarly 
with  the  lanillord  and  a  yoiin^ 
iinssar.  'I'lio  strauj,'cr  was 
ilressed  like  a  cavalry  ollicer, 
and  was  the  ino.st  a.stonndin;{ 
fop  tliat  the  two  Americans 
liad  ever  seen,  lie  jiaeed  np 
and  down,  head  erect,  chest 
tiiidwn  out,  salirc  clanking:, 
spurs  jiu^liuf,',  eyes  sparklinj;, 
inclliiMe  smile.  He  strode  np 
to  the  two  youths,  spun  round 
on  one  heel,  bowed  to  tlie 
;,'round,  waved  his  hand  pai- 
roni/.int;ly,  and  welcomed 
them  in. 

his  dis:iiipoin(in"iif.  and  in   his  luosi   (•n;;a;;in;:  1       "  A  cliarmiiit;  ni;,'lit,  ^ralhlllt  K''"ilemen.      A 
manner  infomi'd  her  that  he  had  not  seen  her    howiti  hin;:  iii;;ht.      All  Naples  is  alive.     All  the 
iii'other;  hut  if  she  could  t(dl  hiia  his  name,  and    world  is^'oinj,'.     jXreyouV" 
the  )ilacc  where  he  was  living',  he  iniKht  he  able  ]      The  youn^  men    stared,  and   coMly  asked 


THi:  vin:\(i  in  sHAit. 


to  t(dl  somethiim  alioiit  him. 

"His  name,"  si^-licd  the  lady,  "is  Giiilio 
rami." 

"And  thej.hiec:'" 

"  i!io  .lauciio."' 

"  IJio  .Janeiro?'" 

"Yes,"  said  the  lady,  slowly. 

Dick  was  ill  despair.  Is'ot  to  know  any  tliinj; 
(i(  her  brotiier  wou'd  make  her  think  him  stu- 
jiid.      So  he  attempteil  to  exphiiu  : 

"  .\merica,"  he  li(';.'an,  "  is  a  very  larfre  cnnn- 
try — hu'tjcr,  in  fact,  tiian  the  whole  Ivint^doin 
(if  Naples.  It  is  principally  inliahited  by  sav- 
a;:('s,  who  arc  very  hostile  to  the  whites.  The 
whites  have  a  few  cities,  however.  In  the  North 
tiio  wiiites  all  speak  I',:it;lish.  In  the  S(uith  tiicy 
all  speak  Spanish.  The  South  Aiuericaus  are 
f;ood  Calliolics,  and  respect  the  Holy  Father; 
but  the  l'ai;;iish  in  the  North  are  all  heretics. 
Coiisi'iiuently  there  is  scarcely  any  conimauiea- 
tion  bjtween  the  two  districts." 


where 

•'Ha,  ha,  lial"  A  merry  jieal  of  lan>;htcr 
raiiu  out.  "Absolutely —  if  the  yoiin^;  Amer- 
icans are  not  stiijiiil.     They  (hm't  know  me  I" 

"Dolores!"  exclainutd  ISuttoiis. 

"  Ves,"  exclaimed  the  otiier.  "  How  do  yon 
like  me?  Am  I  natural  ?— eh?  military  ?  Do 
1  look  terrible  ?" 

And  Dolores  skijijied  ii])  and  down  witli  a 
strut  beyond  description,  bieatliiiif^  hard  and 
frowiiiu;;. 

"  Jf  you  look  so  fierce  you  will  frighten  us 
awny."  said  liiittons. 

"How  do  I  look  now?"  she  said,  standing 
full  before  him  with  folded  arms,  u  la  Napoleon 
at  St.  Helena. 

"Bcliissiina!  Ilellissima  I"  said  IJuttons,  in 
unfeigned  admiration. 

"Ah!"  ejaculated  Dolores,  smacking  licr 
lips,  and  pntlint;  out  her  little  dimpled  cheeks. 
"Oh!"   and  lier  eyes   sparkled   more  bri-htly 


The  lady  had  heard  somewhere   that  in  the    with  ]icrfect  joy  and  self-contentment 


Anicrican  wars  they  employcMl  tiie  savajres  to 
assist  tliein.  Dick  acknowledged  the  truth  of 
this  witii  camlor,  but  with  jiaiu.  .Sjio  would 
see  by  this  why  he  was  nnabh;  to  tell  her  any 
thing  about  her  brother.  His  not  knowing 
tiiat  brother  was  now  tho  chief  sorrow  of  his 
Jife.  Tiie  lady  earnestly  liojied  that  l{io  Ja- 
neiro was  well  |iroteeted  from  the  savages. 

"  ( )h,  ]icrfectly  so.  'J'hc  fortifications  of  that 
city  are  impregnable." 

Dick  thus  endeavored  to  give  the  lady  an 
idea  of  America.      The  conversation  gradually  i 


"And  what  is  a'.l  this  for?" 

"Is  it  possible  that  you  do  not  know?'' 

"  I  have  no  idea.'' 

"Then  listen.  It  is  at  the  IJoyal  Opera- 
house.  It  will  be  the  greatest  mascinerade  ball 
ever  given." 

"  Oh — a  masquerade  ball ! — and  yon  ?" 

"  I  ?  I  go  as  a  handsome  yonng  officer  tn 
break  the  hearts  of  tho  ladies,  and  have  such 
rare  sjiort.  Jly  brave  cousin,  yonder  gallant 
soldier,  goes  with  me." 

'Ilubrave  cousin,  who  was  a  big,  heavy-head- 


L'J  THE  DODGE  CLUB  ;  Oil,  ITALY  JN  JIDCCCLIX. 

ctl  fullf)\v,  gi-iiincd  in  afknowlcJgment.  but  said  '  gusto  as  tlic  liumlilest  urtisan  wlio  troatod  Lis 
notliiiij,'.  '  obscure  swcet-lieart  witli  an  ciiti'Miici;  tickt't. 

'i'lie   Royal    Opcra-liousc    .u  Naples    is   tlic  Our   friunds  ail  wore  black  (li)ininos,  "jr.st 

laiKo^t,  tiie  giaiidcst,  and  tlic  most  cajiacious  in  for  t!ie  fun  of  tlic  tiling."     Ev(.'ry  body  l-.n-jw 

ihc  world.     An  immense  stage,  un   enormous  that  they  were  Eujjlish  or  American,  which  is 

I'it  all  thrown  into  one  vast  room,  smrounded  just  the  same  ;  for  l''nf:lisliuien  and  Aniciicans 

by   iniiiiuinrable    boxes,  all    risiiij;,  tier   above  are  universally  iccogni/.able  by  the  rigidiiv  of 

tier — i'\riai!s    of  dancers,   myriads   of  masks,  their  muscles. 

iiiyriails  of  sjiectators — so  the   scone  ajijiearcd.  A  bevy  (jf  masked  beauties  were  attracled  bv 

.Moreover,   the  Neajioiitau    is   a   born  biitnidu.  the  colossal  furui  of  the  Senator.      'J.'o  sav  that 

Xuwiiere  is  he  so  natural  as  at  a  mas(|uerade.  be  was  bewildered  wouKl  exjurss  his  sensations 

The  music,  the  crowd,  the  brilliant  lights,  tl'O  but  faintly,      lie  was  distracted.       Ho  looked 

incessant  motion  are  all  intoxication  to  this  ini-  for  liuttous.      Dntiouswas  cbalting  with  a  little 

jiressible  beiiif;.  ilomiiio.      He  turned  to  Dick.      Dick  was  walk- 

Thc  Senator   lent    the    countenance   of  his  iiig  otV  with  a  rhinoceros.     To  l''igf-'s  and  the 

jtrcsencc — nut  ficun  curiosity,  but  from  a  beiiev-  Doctor.      Eiggs  and  the  Doctor  were  cxchang- 

olent  desire  to  kee])  his  young  friends  out  of  ing  glances  w  itii  a  cou])lc  of  lady  codlislies  and 

trouble.      He  narrowly  escaped  being  ])roliibited  trying  to  look  amiable.     The  Senator  gave  a 

from  entering  by  making  an  outrageous  fuss  at  sickly  smile. 

the  door  about  sonic  paltry  change.     He  actual-  "What'ii  thunder'll  I  do?'' he  muttered. 

Jy  imagined  that  it  was  ]iossible  to  get  the  ri^lit  Two  doniiuos  took  either  arm.     A  third  stood 

change  fcu- a  large  coin  in  Naples.  smilingly  before  him.     A  fourth  tried  to  appro- 

Thc  multitudes  of  moving  forms  made  the  priate  his  left  liaiul. 

new-comers  dizzy.     There   were  all  kinds  of  "  Will  your  Excellency  dance  with  mo  of  us 

fantastic  figures.       Lions   jiolked  with    syljihs,  at  a  time,"  said  No.  4,  with  a  Tuscan  accent, 


crocodiles  chased  ser|ients,  giants  walked  arm 
in  arm  with  dwarfs,  elephants  on  two  legs  ran 
nimbly  about,  beating  every  body  with  huge 
]irobosees  ofiiidated  India  rubber.  I'retty  girls 
in  domiuos  abounded  ;  every  body  whose  face 
was  visible  was  on  the  broail  grin.  All  classes 
wore  rcprcseuteil.  The  wealthiest  nobles  en- 
tered iu:o  the  sj.iiit  of  the  scene  with  as  great 


s-US" 


'^^'^~^r^^- 


"IS  .\ 


.  .MllVXXi;!)  8ENAT0K. 


ir  will  you  dance  with  all  of  us  at  (.nee?' 
The  Senator  looked  helplessly  at  her. 
"  He  docs  not  know  bow,"', -aid  No  1.     "  lie 
has  jiasscd  his  lite  among  the  stars." 

'•IJcgono,  irreverent  ones  I"  said  No.  .T. 
"This  is  un  American  jirinee.  He  said  I  should 
be  his  ]iartner." 

"  Boh  :  malidctta  !  "  cried  No.  2.  "He  told 
mc  the  same  ;  but  he  said  he 
was  a  Jlilor  Inglcsc." 

No.  4  lhercu].on  gave  a  snuirt 
/)  judl  at  the  Senator's  hand  to 

'■■)  draw  him  oil'.     Wliercuiion  No. 

2  did  the  same.  No.  1!  began 
singing  "Come  e  hello  I"  and 
No.  I  stood  coaxing  him  to 
'•Ely  with  her."  A  crowd 
of  idlers  gathered  giinningly 
around. 

"  My  goodness  1''  groaned 
the  Senator.  "Me!  the— the 
representative  of  a  respectablo 
coustitu'iicy  ;  the  elder  if  a 
I'rcshyteriau  church;  the  pres- 
ident of  ft  tcni]icrance  society; 
the  deliverer  of  that  famous 
E\uirih  of  July  oration;  tlio 
father  of  a  family— me!  to  ho 
titated  tliiis!  Who  air  theso 
females  ?  Air  they  countesses  ? 
Is  this  the  way  the  foreign  no- 
bility  treat  an  American  cit- 
izen"?" 

15ut  the  ladies  pulled  and  the 
crowd  grinned.  The  Senator 
endeavored  to  remonstrate. 
Then  he  tried  to  ])ull  Iiis  arms 
away  ;  but  (iudiiig  that  imjios- 
siblc  he  looked  in  a  ])iteoii3 
manner,  first  at  one,  and  then 
at  the  other. 


THE   DODGE  CLUB;  01!,  ITALY  IN  MDCTCLIX. 


23 


oiitcil  Lis 
tickft. 
OS,  "just 
oily  l-.!i'JW 
,  wliioh  is 

rigidi:y  of 

:tiT.clc'il  liy 
'o  say  that 
sensiitious 
lie  Iddknl 
,vitli  iilittlo 
.  was  walk- 
f;s  aiul  the 
■c  cxfliaiif-'- 
Kliishcs  ami 
>toi-  gave  a 

luttoreil. 
V  tMrd  stood 
cd  to  iipi'io- 

ith  flic  (if  lis 
scan  accent, 
It  once?' 
t  licr. 
Nol.     "He 

said    No.    3. 
I  t-r.id  I  should 

2.      "  lie  told 
ut  he  said  he 
.■sc." 
trave  a  smart 
v's  linnd  to 
hereniion  No. 
No.  3  bc{;an 
licllo'."  and 
,xiri^    liiin    to 

A     CVONvd 

A   grinningly 

s  ;'■    groaned 
Me!  the— the 
a  lesiiectahlo 
he    elder     >f   :!• 
ivh ;  the  vrcs- 
•rauce  society ; 
that    fatuous 
ovation  ;    tho 
ih— me!  to  bo 
\vho  air  thcso 
ln'v  countesses? 
tlie  foreign  no- 
American   eit- 

lullcd  and  the 
The  Senator 
remonstrate, 
to  iiull  his  arms 
ling  that  impos- 
•d  in  a  ])iteous 
it  one,  ami  theu 


"  lie  wants,  I  toll  yon,  to  hi  my  [lartncr," 
saiil  No.  1.  i 

"I'lli  I'cricdXo.  2,  derisively  ;  "  he  intends 
to  he  mine.  I  understand  the  national  dance 
of  his  eonntrv — the  famous  jecg  Irhindese."         1 

"MRS.!!"!"  ' 

The  Senator  shouted  this  one  word  in  a  sten- 
torian voice.  The  ladies  ilro]ii)ed  l.is  arms  and 
started.  I 

"I  say,  Mrs. !"  cried  tho  Senator.      "  Look  ' 
here.     Me  no  speeky  /-talian— me  American.  | 
Me  come  just  see  zee  fun,  you  know — zee  spoart 
—you  und -stand  ?     Ha  ?  "  Hum  !" 

The  Indies  clajii'cd  their  hands,  au  1  cried 
"ni-avo!"  I 

Quite  a  crowd  gathered  around  thcin.  The 
Senator,  inijircsscd  with  the  idea  that,  to  make 
forpi;;iiers  understand,  it  was  only  necessary  to 
yell  loud  enough,  hawled  so  loudly  that  ever  so 
many  dancers  stoiipcd.     Among  these  Buttons 


came  near  witli  tiic  little 
Domino.  Little  Doni- 
iiKj  t  toji]  I'l!,  laughed, 
dapped  her  Iiniids,  and 
I'diiited  to  the  Senator. 

Tlie  Senator  was  yell- 
iii;X  vehemently  in  bro- 
ken Kiiglish  to  a  larga 
crowd  of  masks.  He 
told  tliem  that  he  had  a 
hirge  family;  that  ho 
ou  ned  a  factory  ;  tiiat  he 
was  a  man  of  weight, 
eliai'actcr,  inllueuce,  jjop- 
ularity,  wcaltli  ;  that  ho 
came  here  merely  to 
study  their  inanueis  and 
customs,  lie  disclaimed 
any  iutentiiin  to  ]iartici- 
jiatc  in  their  amuse- 
iiients  just  then,  or  to 
make  acf[uaiiitances. — 
Ho  would  he  jroud  to 
visit  them  all  at  their 
houses,  or  :cq  them  at 
his  aiiartmenfs,  or — or — 
in  short,  would  he  ha]v 
]iy  to  do  any  thing  if 
they  wouUl  only  let  him 
go  in  jieace. 

Tlie  crowd  laughed, 
chattered,  and  shout- 
ed "Hravo!"  at  ev- 
ery ])auso.  Tho  Senator 
was  covered  with  shame 
and  pers]iiration.  What 
would  have  become  of 
him  finally  it  is  im])OK- 
sible  to  guess  ;  hut,  for- 
tunately, ,'it  this  extrem- 
ity he  eau}j;ht  sight  of 
15utto)is.  To  dash  away 
from  the  charming  la- 
dies, to  hurst  through  tiio 
croud,  and  to  seize  the 
arm  of  Buttons  was  but 
tho  work  of  a  moment. 

"Buttons!  Buttons!  Buttons  I  Help  me  ! 
These  confounded  /-talian  winimin  !  Take 
them  .-i'.vay.  Tell  them  to  leave  me  bo.  Tell 
them  I  don't  know  them — don't  want  to  have 
them  hanging  round  mo.  Tell  them  I'm  your 
t'lttlm- y  cried  the  Senator,  his  voice  rising  to 
a  shout  in  his  distraction  and  alarm. 

About  ',)70  i)eoplo  were  around  him  by  this 
time. 

"Goodness!"  said  Buttons;  "yon  are  in  ,i 
fix.  Why  did  you  make  yourself  so  agreeable  ? 
and  to  so  many?  Why,  it's  too  bad.  One  at 
a  time  !'' 

"Buttons,"  said  the  Senator,  solemnly,  "is 
this  a  time  for  joking?  For  Heaven's  sake  get 
mo  away ! " 

"  Come,  then  ;  you  must  run  for  it." 
He  seized  the  Senator's  right  arm.      The  lit- 
tle  Domino  clung  to   his  other.     Away  they 


THE  DODGE  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


■Irf' 


I 


stnrtei.1.  Itv.Tis.i  full  run.  A  shout  arose.  So 
arises  tl;3  slmut  in  Uomic  aloii;^  tiic  bc'lliiwin-; 
Corse  wiicii  the  ImrsL'S  arc  startiiiK  I'ur  liiu  Car- 
nival riK't's.  It  was  a  lnnij,  loud  shout,  j,'atlic'r- 
inj;  iiiul  prowin;^  aiul  dci'iicnin^j  as  it  rose,  till 
it  burst  ou  liigli  in  one  yranJ  thunJer-cliiji  of 
Kound.  { 

Away  went  tlio  Soiator  like  tlic  w  ind.  The 
dense  crowd  j)artcd  on  either  side  with  a  rush. 
The  ()]  era-house  is  several  hundred  feet  in 
lent;th.  Down  tiiis  euth'o  distauec  the  Senator 
ran,  acconipaiued  by  IJnttons  and  the  little 
Domino.  Crowds  cheered  him  as  ho  jiasscd. 
Beiiind  him  the  ])assa!,'e-way  closed  up,  and  a 
lonp;  trail  of  sereaniiu:,'  maskers  jiressed  af'Ku- 
liim.  Tlie  louder  they  sliouted  tiie  faster  the 
Senator  ran.  At  lenytli  they  reached  tlie  oth- 
er end. 

"Do  you  sec  that  bnxV"  asked  IJnttons, 
jiointin;;  to  one  on  the  to])inost  tier.  j 

•'Yes,  yes."  | 

"  Fly  !      Klin  for  your  life  !      It's  your  only  I 
liopc.     (iet  in  there  and  hide  till  wc  j^ol' 

The  Senator  vanislied.  Scarcely  had  his 
coat-tails  (lisapiieared  through  the  door  wlien 
the  pursniuj^  crowd  arrived  there.  Six  thou- 
sand two  hunih'ed  and  twenty-seven  human  be- 
iuRs,  ihvssed  in  every  variety  of  costume,  on 
lindin;,'  that  the  runner  had  vanished,  gave  vent 
to  their  excited  feelings  by  a  loud  ehecr  for  tlic 
interesting  American  who  had  contributed  so 
greatly  to  the  evening's  ei'Joynicnt. 

Unlucky  Senator  I  Will  it  be  believed  that 
even  in  tiie  tojiuiost  box  his  ]»irsuers  followed 
Iiini '?  It  was  even  so.  About  an  hour  after- 
ward IJuttons.  on  coming  near  the  entrance, 
cneouiit;'rcd  him.  His  face  was  ]iale  but  reso- 
lute, his  dre<s  disordered.  Ho  mutlercd  a  t'fw 
words  about  "  duiiied  /-lalian  countesses,'' and 
huriied  out. 

IJuttiins  ke])t  company  wiih  the  little  Dom- 
ino. Never  in  his  lit'i'  bad  be  ]iassed  so  agive- 
nble  an  evening.  He  took  good  care  to  let  his 
coinjiainon  know  this.  At  length  tlic  crowd 
began  to  separate.  The  Domino  would  go. 
Buttons  would  go  with  her.  Ihul  she  a  car- 
riage ?  No,  she  walked.  Then  he  w  ould  walk 
with  her. 

Huttons  tried  liard  to  get  a  carriage,  but  all 
were  engaged.  But  a  walk  would  not  be  nn- 
]  leasant  in  such  comiiany.  'I'he  Domino  did 
not  conijilain.  She  was  vivacious,  brilliant,  de- 
lightful, bewitching.  Huttons  liad  been  trying 
nil  the  evening  to  find  out  who  she  was.  In 
vain. 

••  Who  in  the  world  is  she  ?  I  must  find  out, 
so  that  I  may  sec  her  again."  This  was  his 
one  thought. 

They  apiiroachcd  the  Strada  Nuova. 

"She  is  not  one  of  the  nobility,  at  any  rate," 
he  thought,  "or  she  woidd  not  live  here." 

They  tijrned  up  a  familiar  street. 

'•  How  exceedingly  jolly  !  She  can't  live  far 
away  from. my  lodgings."  | 

They  entered  the  Strada  di  San  Hartolomeo. 

"  Hanged  if  she  don't  live  iii  the  same  street  !" 


A  strange  thoitght  oecurrcci.  It  was  .=oon 
conlirnied.  They  stopped  in  front  of  Huttoiis's 
own  bKlgings.  A  liglit  gleamed  over  the  door. 
Another  flashed  into  the  soul  of  Htittons,  The 
Domino  took  oil'  her  mask  and  turned  lier  face 
u|)tol>uttons.  That  face,  dimjiled,  smiling,  be- 
witching; flashing,  sjiarklingcyes ;  little  mouth 
with  its  rosy  lips  I 

'•  / )(,/,, ns  .'" 

"  Ulesscd  saints,  and  Holy  A'irginI  Is  it  ]ios. 
siblc  that  you  never  sus)iected  '/" 

"  Never.  How  could  I  when  I  thought  you 
were  dressed  like  a  dragoon?" 

"And  yon  never  i)assed  so  luijipy  an  even- 
ing; and  you  never  had  so  f.iscinntiiig  and 
charn;ing  a  jiariner;  and  you  never  heard  such 
a  vo  ic  (if  music  as  mine  ;  anil  you  can  never 
forget  me  through  all  lif'e  ;  and  you  never  can 
liojie  to  find  any  one  cipial  to  me  1"  said  Do- 
lores, in  her  usmd  laughing  volubility. 

"IS'everl"  cried  Buttons. 

"  Oh  dear!  1  thiidi  you  must  love  me  very 
much.'' 

And  a  merry  peal  of  laughter  rang  np  the 
stairs  as  Dolores,  evading  Buttons's  arm,  which 
that  young  man  had  tried  to  jiass  aliout  her 
waist,  dashed  away  into  the  darkness  and  out 
of  sight. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

ADVENTfUESANDMISAnVENTtltES. — A  WETGROT- 
T(t  AM)  A  IIOII.lNd  LAKE. — TIIE  TWO  EAIU 
bl'ANlAItDS,  AND  TIIE  DONKEY  ItiDE. 

The  Grotto  of  l'osilip))o  is  a  most  remarkable 
]ilacc,  and,  in  the  o])iniiin  of  every  intciiigcut 
traveller,  is  more  astonishing  than  even  the  llno- 
s.ic  Tunnel,  which  nobody  will  deny  exeejit  the 
benighted  Bostonian. 

The  city  of  I'ozzuoli  is  celebrated  for  two 
things;  first,  because  St.  rani  once  landed 
there,  and  no  doubt  hurried  away  as  fast  as  ho 
could  ;  and,  secondly,  on  account  of  the  im- 
mense number  of  beggars  tlu\t  throng  around 
the  unha])iiy  one  who  enters  its  streets. 

The  Dodge  Club  contributed  Iil)erally.  The 
Doctor  gave  a  cork-screw  ;  the  Senator,  a  bhule- 
less  knife  ;  Dick,  an  old  hjttery  ticket  ;  Buttons, 
a  caudle-stumji ;  Mr.  Figgs,  a  wild-cat  bank- 
note. After  which  they  all  hurried  away  on 
doidicys  as  fast  as  ]iossible. 

The  donkey  is  in  bis  glory  here.  Xovvherc 
else  docs  he  dcvcio])  such  a  variety  of  forms — 
nowhere  attain  such  an  infinity  of  sizes— nowhere 
emit  so  impressive  a  bray.  It  is  the  Bray  of 
Naples.  "It  is  like  the  thunler  of  the  night 
when  the  cloud  bursts  o'er  Cona,  and  a  thou- 
sand ghosts  shriek  at  once  in  the  hollow  wind." 

There  is  a  locality  in  this  region  which  tlio 
ancients  named  after  a  certain  warm  region 
which  no  refined  jierson  ever  jicrinits  himself  to 
mention  in  our  day.  Whatever  it  may  have 
been  wlien  some  Roman  Tityrus  walked  ]iipc  in 
mouth  along  its  shore,  its  jiresent  condition 
renders  its  name  singidarly  appropriate  and 
felicitous.     Hero  the  party  amused  themselves 


THE   DODGE  CLUIJ;  OR,  ITALY  IX  MDCCCLIX. 


2j 


was  ?oiin 
if  Btittou^'s 
r  the  ilcKjr. 
;(ins.  Tlic 
.'il  licr  face 
iinilinfr,  lic- 
iltlf  lULUth 


Is  it  jios- 

lioitght  yoii 

ly  an  evoii- 
iiiitiii^,'  iunl 
lK'ai<l  Piicli 
II  can  never 
1  never  can 
!"  said  1)0- 
tv. 


JVC  me  very 

rans  uji  the 

arm,  wliitli 

s  alioiit  her 

less  and  out 


-AWF.TOnOT- 

E    TWO    I"  A  111 

E. 

t  ronKirkablc 
y  iiiteiii>:cnt 
veil  tlie  Ildo- 
y  excc'iit  the 

te<l  for  two 
nice  landed 
IS  fast  as  lie 

of  tlio  ini- 
•onj;  around 
cets. 

rally.  The 
\tor,  a  hlade- 
rt  ;  r.uttons, 
Id-rat  baiik- 
ied  awav  on 


Xovvherc 

,■  of  forms — 

es — nowhere 

the  15ray  of 

(if  the  nifjht 

and  a  tiion- 

illuw  wind." 

Ill  wliich  the 

warm   rej;ion 

ts  himself  to 

it   may  have 

alked  jiiiie  in 

lit   condition 

idpriate    and 

,1  themselves 


with   a  liineh  of  fifrs  and  orant:os,  which  they    latter  looked  as  anxioiis  as  his  tre::ib]ii':c;  bcar- 
-athered   indiscriniinatelv    from   orchards   and    cr. 


gardens  on  the  road-side. 

There  was  tlic  Lake  Lncrine.  Avcrno  and 
tlio  l-.lysian  Fields  were  there.  The  ruins  of 
<."alit,'uhi"s  IJridge  dotted  the  surface  of  the  sea. 
Yet  the  charms  of  all  these  classic  scenes  were 


I      ''Darn  iti  Isay,"hccricd.   "Darnlt!  Don't.' 
Don't!" 

.      '•  Diavo-lol"  muttered  the  Italian. 

And  in  the  next  instant  ]ilunii)  went  the  Sen- 
ator into  the  water.      A  scene  then  followed 


ccliiised  ill  the  tourists'  eyes  hy  those  of  a  num-  that  hatiles  description,  'i'lie  Senator,  risii^ 
her  of  j)retty  jieasants  t;irls  who  stood  wushiiijj;  from  his  unexpected  bath,  foamiii;,'  and  sjiutter- 
tlothes  in  the  linijiid  waters  of  the  lake.  in.L',   the    lialian    ]irayin;j   for   fort:iveness,  the 

It  was  in  this  iicighhorhood  that  they  found  loud  voices  of  all  the  others  shouting,  calling;, 
the  (initio  of  the  Cuina'an  Sibyl.     They  follow-   and  lau;j;hin{:. 

cd  the  intcllif^ent  cicerone,  armed  with  torches,  !  'J'lie  end  of  it  was  that  they  all  left  ar.  soon  as 
into  a  gloomy  tunnel.  The  intelligent  cicerone  jiossible,  and  the  Senator  indignantly  waded 
walked  before  them  with  the  air  of  one  who  had  hack  through  the  water  himself.  A  furious  row 
something  to  show.  Seven  stout  jieasants  fol- ,  with  the  unfortunate  bearer,  whom  the  Senator 
lowed  after.  The  cavern  was  as  dark  as  jiossi-  refused  to  jay,  formed  a  licautifully  apjiropriate 
hie,  and  extended  aiijiareiitly  for  an  endless  dis-  terinination  to  their  visit  to  this  classic  spot, 
taiice.  I  The  Senator  was  so  disturbed   by  this  iiiisad* 

After  walking  a  distance  of  about  two  miles,  [  venture  that  his  wrath  did  not  subside  until  his 
nccording  to  the  Senator's  calculation,  they  came  trowsers  were  thoroughly  dried.  This,  how- 
to  the  centre  of  interest.  It  was  a  hole  in  the  ever,  was  accomplished  at  last,  under  the  warm 
wall  of  the  tunnel.  The  Americans  were  given  sun,  and  then  he  looked  around  him  with  his 
to  understand  that  they  must  enter  here.  usual  complacency. 

'■  IJut  how  ?''  I      Tlio  next   sjiot   of  interest   which   attracted 

"How'/'     Why,  on  the  broad   backs  of  the    them  was  the  Hall  of  the  Subterranean  Lake. 


stoat   jicasants,  who  all  siood   politely  otrerinj: 
their  humble  services,"     The  guide  went  first. 


In  this  ]dace  there  is  a  cavern  in  the  centre  of 
a  hill,  v.  Inch  is  a]iproaclied  by  a  passage  of  some 


IJuttons,  without  move  ado,  got  on  the  back  of  considerable  length,  and  in  the  siihterranean 
the  nearest  Italian  and  followed.  Dick  came  cavern  a  ]iool  of  water  boils  and  bubbles.  The 
next  ;    thou   the    Doctor.      .Mr.  Figgs   and  the    usual  crowd  of  obliging  peasantry  surrounded 

them  as  they  entered  th>^  vestibule  of  this  inter- 
esting ]ilacc.  It  was  a  dingy-looking  chamhei', 
out  of  which  two  narrow  snlitcrranean  passages 
ran.  A  grimy,  sooty,  blackened  figure  stood 
before  tlieiii  with  toi'c'aes. 


Senator  followed  in  the  same  diguitie  1  manner. 

They  deseended  I'  r  some  distance,  and  tiiially 
came  to  water  about  three  feet  deep.  As  the 
roof  was  low,  and  oidy  rose  three  feet  above  tlie 
water,  the  ]iarty  had  some  ditliculty,  not  only  in 
keeping  their  feet  o:it  of  the  water, 
hut  also  in  hioathiiig.  At  length  they 
came  to  a  chamlier  about  twelve  feet  ..-  .•■ 

si|uare.      From  this  they  jiassed  on  to       ,••*    . 
another  of  the  same  s'/.e.     Tlieucc  to      -  . 
another.     And  so  on. 

Arriiing  at  the  hist,  P.earer  No.  1 
quietly  deposited  IJuttons  on  a  raised 
stone  platform,  which  fortunately 
arose  about  half  an  inch  above  the 
water.  Three  other  bearers  did  the 
same.  i\Ir.  Figgs  looked  forlornly 
about  him,  and,  being  a  fat  man, 
seemed  to  grow  somewhat  ajioplcctie. 
Dick  beguiled  tlic  time  by  lighting  his 
pijie. 

"  So  tliii  .s  the  Grotto  of  the  Cu- 
ri.a'an  Sibyl,  is  it':'"  said  Huttons. 
"Tlion  all  1  can  say  is  that — " 

What  he  was  going  to  say  was  lost 
by  a  loud  cry  which  interriijitcd  him 
and  startled  all.  It  came  from  the 
other  chamber. 

"The  Senator!"  said  Dick. 

It  was  indeed  his  well-known  voice. 
Tlierj  was  a  jilash  iiiid  a  groan.  Im- 
mediately afterward  a  man  staggered 
into  the  ro(mi.  He  was  deathly  jialc, 
and  tottered  feebly  under  the  tremen- 
dous  weight   of  the   Senator.     The 


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•'Follow!" 

Tills  wiis  all  iluit  lie  condescended  to 
say,  after  li;^litin;;  his  torches  and  dis- 
trihiitiii),'  them  to  his  visitors.  IIo 
stnlkcd  oil",  and  stooiiing  down,  darted 
into  the  low  ])assa(,'c-way.  The  cicerone 
followed,  then  Buttons,  then  Dick,  then 
the  Seinitor,  tlicn  the  Doctor,  then  ]Mr. 
Fif^jjs.  The  air  was  intensely  hot,  and 
tlio  ]iass:i)ie-way  };rew  lower.  More- 
over, the  smoke  from  the  toiehes  lilled 
tlio  air,  Mimlin;:  and  cliokinj;  Ilieni. 

Mr.  I'iKt^s  faltered.  Fat,  and  not  by 
any  means  ninihlo,  he  came  to  a  ])ausc 
aiioiit  twenty  feet  from  the  entrance, 
and,  making  a  sudden  turn,  darted  ont. 

Tiic  Doctor  was  tall  and  tmaceiistom- 
ed  to  bend  his  ]ieri)en<liciihir  form. 
Half  choked  and  imnting  heavily  he  too 
fiavc  np,  find  turning  about  nislicd  ont 
after  Mr.  Fijigs. 

Tiic  otlicr  tliree  went  on  bravely. 
Buttons  and  Dick,  because  lliey  had 
hni;,'  since  made  u]i  their  minds  to  see 
every  tiiiiij;  that  jiresentcd  itself,  and 
the  Senator,  because  when  ho  started  on 
an  enterprise  he  was  incajiable  of  turn- 
in;^  back. 

At'ter  a  time  the  ])assage  went  sloping 
steeply  down.  At  the  bottom  of  the 
declivity  was  a  jjond  of  water  bubMini; 
and  steaming.  Down  this  they  ran. 
Now  the  slope  was  extremely  slii)i)ery, 
and  the  subterranean  chamber  was  but 
faintly  illuminated  by  the  torches.  And 
so  it  came  to  jiass  tliat,  as  the  Senator 
ran  down  after  tiie  oihers,  they  had 
barely  reached  the  bottom  when 

Til  mil/ 1 ! 

At  once  nil  tin  iicd  round  with  a  start. 
Not  too  <piickly  ;  for  there  lay  the  Senator,  on  his   are  offered  for  sale  in  such  abundance  that  they 
back,  slidinp,  in  an  oblique  direction,  straight    niay  bo  considered  stajdo  articles  of  commerco 
toward  the  pool.      His  booted  feet  were  already    in  this  country. 

in  the  seething  waves;  his  nails  were  dug  into  i      So  skillful  are  the  manufacturers  that  they  can 
the  sli]ipery  soil ;  he  was  shouting  for  lielj).  I  produce  unlimited  sui>iilies  of  the  following  arti- 

To  grasp  his  hand,  his  collar,  his  leg — to  jerk   cles,  and  many  others  too  numerous  to  mention : 
him  away  and  ]ilace  him  upright,  was  the  work 
of  a  shorter  time  than  is  taken  to  tell  it. 

The  guide  now  wanted  them  to  wait  till  he 


Till  Ml'! 


boiled  an  egg.  The  Semitor  remonstrated,  stat- 
ing that  he  had  already  nearly  boiled  a  leg. 
The  Senator's  oiiinisition  ovcrjiowered  the  wishes 
of  the  others,  and  the  party  proceeded  to  return. 

I'alc,  grimy  with  soot,  I'anting,  covered  with 
huge  drojis  of  persjiiration,  they  burst  into  the 
chamber  where  the  others  were  waiting — first 
Buttons,  then  Dick,  then  the  Senator  covered 
with  nind  and  slime. 

The  latter  gentleman  did  not  answer  ninch  to 
the  eager  inqidrics  of  his  friends,  but  maintained 
a  solemn  silence.  The  two  former  loudly  and 
V(dubly  descanted  on  the  accumulated  horrors 
of  the  subterranean  way,  the  narrow  jiassage, 
the  sulphurous  air,  the  lake  of  boiling  Hoods. 

In  this  outer  chamber  their  attention  was  di- 


Ciimn'.iii  nnil  Oscr.n  coins ; 
I'itto     iiMil    lUlio  ptiitiicttos; 
Ditto     unci    <!ill'i  villi;-'  ; 
Ditto     mill    (lilto    lirin'clrl.s ; 
Ditto     aii'l   ilitio  iniiipos ; 
Ditto     mill  ilitio  tnili't  urliilc.-i; 
liilti)     mill   ditto  viiM's : 
Ditto     mill   ditto  (Ink;;; 
I'clios  of  r.iitlit'iHUiL'; 
Ditto  of  liiii.-p ; 
Ditto  of  Misiiiiini  ; 
Dilto  of  riistiiin  ; 
Diito  of  lloiTiiIiiiit'um; 
Ditto  of  I'.iiiiiifii; 
lU  to  of  Cuiimi  ; 
Ditto  of  Ciipiui ; 
Ditto  of  Cuiii:!'— 

And  other  jilaces  too  numerous  to  mention, 
all  siiiijilied  to  order;  all  of  wliirh  are  eaten  by 
rust,  and  warranted  to  be  covered  by  the  canker 
and  the  mould  of  antiquity. 

The  good  guide  earnestly  pressed  some  inter- 
esting relics  upon  their  attention,  Imt  w  ithout 


roctcJ  to  a  number  of  ancient  relics.     These  i  marked  success.     And  now,  as  the  hour  of  din- 


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n 

/  ff/iM 


nrc  that  tlipy 
f  C'oniiuerca 


ii\t  tlicy  can 
lowing' ni'ti- 
to  mention: 


o  nmntion  | 
nvo  catoii  hy 
tlio  canker 

sonip  iiit;]-- 
but  ^vitllout 
hour  of  din- 


ner aiiiivoaclieil,  tlioy  niailo 
tlio  l)i;st  of  their  wiiy  to  a 
nei;;hl)(iiii'.;^  iiu),  wliicli  coiti- 
niandeJ  a  fine  view  of  the 
b.iy.  Kiiicrgiit;,'  from  the 
cliiiiiiln'i  the  guide  fuUmved 
tlicin,  ()tiV'riii<,'  liis  wares. 

"'IVll  me,"  lie  cried,  in  a 
sonorous  voice,  "  oh  most  no- 
Id.!  Americans  !  liow  much 
will  yon  give  for  this  most 
nneient  vase  ?'' 

"  L'n'  mezzo  carlino,"  said 
Dick. 

"  I'll'  mezzo  carlino  I  !  !" 

Tlie  man's  liand,  whicdi  had 
li.'en  tijiliftcd  to  display  the 
vase,  fid  I  douiiward  as  he  said 
tliis.  His  tail  li^^iire  f;>'cw  less 
and  li'ss  distinct  as  tiioy  went 
fartlier  away  ;  Imt  Icinj;  after 
he  was  ont  of  si^:;ht  tjie  ])han- 
toin  of  Ills  reproaehfiil  face 
haunted  their  minds. 

At'ier  dinner  they  went  out 
on  the  ]'i;izz;i  in  front  of  the 
Imtel.  Two  SpaiMsh  ladies 
were  there,  whose  dark  eyes 
]irodnceil  an  instantaneous  cfl'ect  npon  the  iin- 
pressihic  iieartof  JJiittons. 

Tlir-y  sat  side  hy  side,  leaning;  npainst  the  stone 
balustrade.  Tliey  w(>re  smoking  ciKarctles, 
and  the  ctlect  jirodnced  hy  waving  their  jirctry 


ij'^k:;^?:'^!- 


A   TliVlNi;    MOMr.NT. 

is  with  French,  Italian,  Spanish,  and  J'ortu- 
KiiesG." 

"And  look  at  him  now!"  cried  the  Senator, 
his  eye  beaming  with  cordial  admirntion. 

"Yon  may  well  locdc  at  him!"'  sighed  Dick. 


hands  as  they  took  the   cigarettes  from   their  j  "Two  such  jiretty  girls  as  tlieso  won't  turn  np 
months  was,  to  say  the  least,  bewildering. 

IJuttons  awaited  his  op]HMtnniiy,  and  did  not 
liaveto  wait  long.  'Whether  it  wasthat  they  were 
willing  to  give  the  yming  American  a  chance,  or 
wliether  it  was  really  nnavoidahle,  can  not  be 
said,  Imt  certainly  one  of  the  fair  Si>aniards 
found  tiiat  her  cigarette  had  gone  out.  A  ))ret- 
ty  look  of  despair,  and  an  e([nal!y  ja'ctty  gestin-e 
of  vexaiion,  showdl  at  onc(!  the  state  of  things. 
Upon  which  Buttons  stepjied  nj),  and  with  a  bow 
that  would  have  done  Iioikm'  to  Chesterfield,  jiro- 
duced  a  box  of  scented  allnmettes,  and  lighting 
one,  gravely  held  it  fn'ward.  Tiie  fair  Sjianiard 
smiled  hcwitciiingly,  and  bending  forward  with- 
out liesitatii)n  to  light  her  cigarette,  brought  her 
rosy  liiis  into  bewildering  jiroximity  to  Bnttons's 
haml. 

It  was  a  trying  moment. 

The  amiable  exitression  of  the  ladies'  faces, 


ag.ain  m  a  liin'ry.  Spaniards  too  ;  I  always  nd- 
niired  them."  And  ho  walked  down  to  the 
shore  humming  to  himself  something  about 
"the  girls  of  Cadiz." 

Th(!  ladies  informed  I'lUttons  that  they  wero 
travelling  with  their  brother,  and  had  been 
through  linssia,  (iernniny,  England,  France, 
iind  were  now  ti'aversing  Italy;  did  nut  like  the 
three  first-mentioned  countries,  i)Utwcre  charm- 
ed with  Italy. 

Their  mnvi'le  was  delightfid.  Duttons  found 
out  that  the  name  of  inie  was  Lucia,  and  the 
other  Ida.  For  the  life  of  him  he  did  not  know 
winch  he  admired  most. ;  but,  on  the  whole,  rath- 
er inclined  to  the  one  to  whom  he  had  oll'ered 
the  light— Ida. 

lie  was  equally  frank,  nnd  let  '  lem  know 
his  nriUie,  his  country,  his  creed.  They  were 
shocked  at  his  creed,  jiloasod  with  his  country, 
and    amused    at    his    name,  which    they    jjro- 


comhined  with  the  softly-spoken  thanks  of  the 

lady  whom  IJuttons  first  addressed,  encouraged  |  nounced,  "  Scfior  I5o-to-ncs." 
him.  The  conse(|noiico  was,  that  in  about  five  [  After  about  an  hour  their  brother  came.  lie 
minutes  more  he  was  occupying  a  seat  opjiosite  was  a  small  man,  very  active,  and  full  of  vivac- 
thein,  chatting  as  familiarly  as  though  ho  were  [  ity.  Instead  of  looking  fiercely  nt  the  stran- 
an  old  ])laymate.  Dick  looked  on  with  admira-  i  gcr,  he  shook  hands  with  him  very  cordially, 
tion  ;  the  others  with  envy.  :  Uefore  doing  this,  however,  he  took  one  short, 

"  Ilmv  ill   tlie  world  does  it  happen,"  asked    quick  survey  of  his  entire  jierscui,  from  his  felt 
the  Senator,  "  iliat  15uttons  knows  the  lingo  of    hat  down  to  his  Congress   boots,     'i'lie  conse- 


cvcry  body  he  meets?" 

"  He  can't  help  it,"  said  Dick.  "  These 
Continental  languages  are  all  alike;  know  one. 
and  you've   gut  the    key  to   the    otiiers  — that 


([iience  was  that  IJuttons  deserted  his  conipan. 
ions,  and  went  ort'witii  the  ladies. 

Dick  took  the  lead  of  the  jiarty  on  the  return 
!io;ne.      Thev  viewed   the   conduct    of  Buttons 


M 


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* 


If.  I 


Tin:  r.'ODGE  CLur, ;  on,  italy  in  mdccci.ix. 


( 


H::NATur.  ani>  ikinkiy. 


with   ilis|ilt';is;ivp.     The  SoniUor  did  not  sliow  i 
his  usiinl  sormiity.  I 

Tlie  jini'ty  mcio  nil  riding  on  donkeys.  To 
do  this  on  the  nrmiitc  aninuils  which  the  Ncti-  ! 
politans  t'lirnish  it  is  neeess:uy  to  sent  one's  sJi' 
on  the  stern  of  the  nnininl,  and  draw  the  legs 
well  up,  so  that  tliey  may  not  tniil  on  tlip  ):;ronnd. 
The  aiipoarance  of  the  rider  t'nim  hohind  is  that 
of  a  Satyr  dressed  in  the  fasldun  of  the  nine- 
teenth century.  iSothiui;  can  lie  more  ridicu- 
lous than  the  si^ht  of  a  tii^ure  dressed  in  a  frock- 
coat  nnd  heaver  hat,  and  ternunaled  hy  the  lef;s 
and  tail  (if  a  donkey. 

As  it  was  liettini;  late  t!ie  ]iarty  hurried.  The 
donkeys  were  ]iut  on  tiie  full  ^railo]).  First  roile 
the  K"'do,  then  the  other-;,  la-.t  of  whom  was  the 
[Senator,  wiiosc  great  ',veij,ht  was  a  sore  trial  to 
the  little  donkey. 

They  nearcd  rozzuoli,  when  suddenly  the 
f-'enator  pave  his  little  lieast  a  smart  whack  to 
Iiastcn  his  steps.  The  (hmkey  lost  all  ]iatience. 
With  a  juui])  he  leaped  forward.  Away  he 
went,  far  ahead  of  the  others.  The  saddle,  1 
wl'.oso  girth  was  rather  old,  slipped  off.  The 
Senator  held  on  tightly.  In  vain  I  Just  as  he  , 
rounded  a  corner  formed  by  a  jirojecting  sand- 
hank  tiie  donkey  slipjied.  1  )o\vn  went  the  rider  ; 
down  went  tlie  donkey  also — rider  and  beast 
lloundering  in  the  dusty  road. 

A  merry  peal  of  ill-sn])i)ressed  laughter  came 
from  the  road-side  as  he  rolled  into  view.  It 
came  from  a  carriage.  In  the  carriage  were  the 
Sjjaniurds — there,  too,  was  Buttons. 


ciiArrEit  IX. 

A   DRIVi;   INTO   TIIK  CdlNTIiV.  —  A   riOIIT   WITri    \ 

vr.rTrniNii. — tiii;  kkfkc  t  (m-  katin(;  "iiauo 
lioii.rii  i:(a;s."' — what  rmv  saw  at  i-.kstlm. 

— riVE  TL.Ml  ■./Ci  AM>  (INI:  '•.MII.I,." 

To  hire  a  carriage  in  Xi:ples  for  ;iny  Icnpth 
of  time  is  by  no  means  an  easy  thing.  It  is 
necessary  to  hold  long  commune  with  the  pro- 
jirietor,  to  exert  all  the  wiles  of  masterly  dijilo- 
macy,  to  circumvent  cunning  by  cunning,  to  ex- 
ert i;atieiice,  skill,  and  eloiinence.  After  a  de- 
cision has  been  reached,  there  is  but  one  way  in 
which  you  can  hold  your  vetturino  to  his  bar- 
gain, and  tiiat  is  to  bind  him  to  it  by  .--ecm-ing 
his  name  to  a  contract.  K\c  y  vcituriiio  has  a 
printed  form  all  ready.  If  he  caiTt  write  his 
name,  he  does  sunieil.ing  equally  binding  nnd 
f.ir  simiiler.  He  dips  his  thumb  in  tiio  ink-lot- 
tle  and  stanijis  it  on  the  i>a)'cr.  If  that  is  not 
his  sigmiture,  what  else  is  it  ? 

"Thus,'"  said  one.  '•  Signor  Adam  si;.ncd  the 
marriage-contract  with  Sign<iva  Kva.'' 

After  incredible  dillicidties  a  (outract  had 
been  drawn  u])  and  signed  by  the  horny  thumb 
of  a  certain  big  vetturino,  who  went  by  the 
name  of  •'  II  I'iccolo,''  It  was  to  the  effect  that, 
for  a  certain  sjiecified  sum.  II  I'iccolo  shoidd 
take  the  jnuty  to  I'astum  and  back,  with  a  de- 
tour to  Sorrento. 

It  was  a  !nost  delightful  ni(  rning.  All  were 
in  the  best  of  spirits.  So  they  started.  On 
for  miles  through  intermimible  streets  of  houses 
that  bordered  the  circidar  shore,  through  crowds 
of  shcc]i,  droves  of  cattle,  dense  masses  of  hu- 
num  beings,  through  which  innumerable  ca- 
Icches  darted  like  meteors  nniiil  the  stars  of 
heaven.  Here  came  the  oxen  of  Southern  Italy, 
stately,  solemn,  long-horned,  crcam-colorcd ; 
there  nnuched  great  droves  of  Sorrento  liogs— 


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29 


A  rif;nT  wirri  \ 

r:ATIN(;  "llAltD 
-AW  AT  IMCSTLM. 
IIJ,." 

's  for  iim-  lonptli 

s'y  tiling.     It  is 

le  Willi  llic  jiro- 

niastcily  dijilo- 

'Ciiniiing,  to  cx- 

'0.     After  a  dc- 

'<  l)nt  one  way  in 

lino  to  his  liur- 

o  it  liy  soclirill;; 

vc'itiiriiio  liiis  ii 

can't  \\ritL'  liis 

ly  liiiidiiifr  iiiul 

in  the  iiik-I  ot- 

If  tliiit  is  not 

iliUii  sJLncd  tliG 

".Vil." 

^  (oiitract  Iind 
p  lidiiiy  tliunib 
">  went  liy  tlic 
ilic  etfoct  tlint, 
i'iccdii)  slioidd 
ick,  vthh  a  do- 
ll^'.    All  wore 

started.  On 
iccts  of  houses 
hroiigli  crowds 
ninssoH  of  hu- 
iiinierablc    ca- 

tlio  stars  of 
ontliorn  Italy, 
•cam-colored ; 
rrcnto  lio;;s— 


the  liof;  of  hot;*— .1  stnin;;o  but  not  ill-favored 
miiiiKil,  thick  in  hide,  leiiden  in  color,  hairless 
iis  a  hippopotamus.  The  (lesh  of  the  Sorrento 
li(i;4  jp.'ars  the  same  relation  to  common  jork 
that  "  Luhin's  Kxirait"  bears  to  the  coarse 
scent  of  a  comilry  ;:r(icery.  A  jiork-chop  from 
tlie  Sorrento  animal  comes  to  the  jialate  with 
the  force  of  a  new  revelation  ;  it  is  the  hi,.;lie.-t 
possibility  of  jiork— the  apotheosis  of  the  jn^'I 
Loufi  lines  of  nnicaroni-cooks  doin;;  an  enor- 
mous business;  armies  of  dealers  in  anisette; 
crowds  of  water-carriers  ;  throngs  of  llshermen, 
carrying  nets  and  singing  merry  songs — "  Kcco 
mi  1'  '•  Kcco  la  I" — ]iossible  .Massanicllos  every 
man  of  them,  I  assure  you.  Sir.  And — envel- 
oping all,  mingling  with  all,  .jostling  all,  busy 
with  the  busiest,  idle  with  tlie  idlest,  noisy  with 
the  noisest,  jolly  with  the  julliest,  the  fat,  oily, 
swarthy,  rosy — (etc.,  fir  farther  epithets  see 
preceding  jiages) — Lmdrniii  .' 

I'.very  moinout  ]iroduces  new  ell'ects  in  the 
ever-shifting  scenes  of  Naples.  Here  is  the  re- 
verse of  monotony  ;  if  any  thing  l)?C)incs  weari- 
some, it  is  the  vari.'ty.  Here  is  the  monotony 
of  incessant  change.  The  whole  city,  with  all 
its  va^t  suburbs,  lives  on  the  streets. 

The  Senator  wiped  his  fevered  brow.  He 
thought  that  for  crowds,  noise,  tumult,  dash, 
hurry- skurry,  gayety,  life,  laughter,  joyanee, 
and  all  that  incites  to  mirth,  and  .all  that  stirs 
the  soul,  even  New  York  couldn't  hold  a  candk' 
to  Xa]jles. 

l!;ibelais  ought  to  have  heeu  .a  Neapcditan. 

Th;ii,  as  the  city  gradaally  faded  into  the 
country,  the  winiling  road  opened  u]i  before 
tliem  with  avenues  of  majestic  trees — overhang- 
in.',  arching  midway-*  forming  long  aisles  of 
shade.  ^lyrtlcs,  that  grew  u])  into  trees,  scent- 
ed  the  air.  Intermiualde  groves  of  figs  and 
oranges  spread  away  up  the  hill,  intermingled 
with  the  ^larker  t'nliage  of  the  olive  or  cypress. 

The  mountains  come  lovingly  down  to  bathe 
their  feet  in  the  sea.  The  road  winds  among 
them.  There  is  a  d^'ep  valley  around  which 
rise  lofty  hills  topped  with  wliite  villages  or 
ancient  towers,  or  dotted  with  villas  which  jiee]) 
firth  from  amid  dense  groves.  As  far  as  the 
eye  can  re.ieli  the  vineyards  spread  away. 
Not  as  in  France  or  Ciernuiny,  miserable  sandy 
fields  with  naked  poles  or  stunted  bushes;  but 
vast  extents  of  trees,  among  which  the  vines 
leap  in  wild  luxuriance,  hanging  in  long  fes- 
toons from  branch  to  branch,  or  intertwining 
wiih  the  foliage. 

"  1  don't  know  how  it  is,"'  saiil  the  Senator, 
'•  but  I'm  cussed  if  I  feel  as  if  this  here  coimtry 
was  ground  into  the  dust.  Jf  it  is,  it  is  no  bad 
tiling  to  go  through  the  mill.  I  don't  much 
^vonder  that  these  Italians  don't  emigrate.  If 
1  owned  a  farnt  in  this  neighborhood  I'd  stand 
a  good  deal  of  squeezin'  before  I'd  sell  out  and 
g  I  anywheres  else." 

M.  evening  they  reached  Salerno,  a  watering- 
lihiccon  the  sea-coast,  and  Naples  in  miniature. 

There  is  no  town  in  Italy  without  its  opera- 
house  or  theatre,  and  among  the  most  vivid  and 


most  precious  of  scenic  delights  the  lantomimo 
commends  itself  to  the  Italian  bosom.  Of 
course  there  was  a  jpantomime  at  Salerno.  It 
was  a  mite  of  a  house;  on  a  rfiugh  calculation 
thirty  feet  by  twenty  ;  a  doulile  tier  cif  boxes; 
a  jiar(|U('tte  about  tw(dve  feet  s(iuare  ;  and  a 
stage  of  aliout  twn-thirds  that  si/o. 

Y'et  behold  what  the  ingenuity  of  man  can 
accomplish!  On  that  stage  there  were  per- 
formed all  the  usual  exhibitions  of  human  pas- 
sion, ami  they  even  went  into  the  ]iroduction 
of  great  scenic  displays,  among  which  a  great 
storm  in  the  forest  was  most  ]irominent. 

J'olichinello  was  in  his  glory  !  ( )n  this  occa- 
sion  the  joke  of  the  evening  was  an  I'.nglisli 
traveller.  The  ileal  ICnglishman  on  the  Con- 
tinent is  a  never-failing  source  of  merriment. 
The  presence  of  live  Americans  gave  addi- 
tional  pii|u:!iu'y  t)  the  show.  The  cor)uilent, 
double-chinned,  red-nosed  ICiiglishman,  with 
knee-breeches,  shoe-buckles,  and  absunl  coat, 
stamped,  swore,  frowned,  doidileil  up  his  fists, 
knocked  down  waiters,  scattered  gold  right  and 
left,  was  arrested,  was  tried,  was  lined  ;  but 
came  firth  unterrilled  from  every  ]iersecution, 
to  rave,  to  storm,  to  light,  to  hnish  money  as 
before. 

How  vivid  were  the  Hashes  of  li.;htning  ]iro- 
duced  by  touching  oil'  some  eotton-wool  soaked 
in  alcohol  I  How  terrilic  the  jieals  of  thunder 
prnduced  by  the  vibrations  fif  a  piece  of  shect- 
iion  I  Whatever  was  delicient  in  mecliai::c."l 
ajiparatus  was  readily  siijiplied  by  the  |iowerful 
imagination  of  the  Italians,  who.  though  tl'.ey 
had  often  seen  all  this  before,  were  not  at  all 
weary  of  looking  at  it,  but  enjoyed  the  thou- 
sandth repetition  as  much  as  the  first. 

Those  merry  It  ilians  ! 

There  is  an  old,  old  game  played  by  every 
vetturino. 

When  our  travellers  had  returned  to  the  ho- 
tel,  and  were  enjoying  themselves  in  general 
conversation,  the  vetturino  bowed  himself  in. 
He  was  a  good  deal  exercised  in  his  mind. 
With  a  great  ]ireamble  he  came  to  the  jioint: 
As  they  iutetuled  to  start  early  in  the  morning, 
he  sujiposed  they  woidd  notolijectto  settle  their 
little  bill  now. 

"  \V/i(il .'"  shouted  liuttons,  j'lmping  up. 
'•  What  bill?  Settle  abill?  W'c  settle  abill? 
Are  you  mad  ?'' 

'•  Your  excellencies  intend  to  settle  the  bill, 
of  course,''  said  the  vettmino,  with  much 
phlegm. 

'•  Our  excellencies  never  dreamed  of  any 
such  thing.'' 

"Notjiay?     Ila  I   ha!     You  jest.  Signer.'' 

"  Do  you  see  this?"  said  Buttons,  solemnly 
producing  the  contract. 

"  Well  ?"  resiionded  II  Piccolo. 

"What  is  this?"' 

"Our  contract." 

''  Do  you  know  what  it  is  tliat  you  have  en- 
gaged to  do?" 

j      "To  take  you  to  Pa;stnni." 
I      "Yes;  to  I'lestum  and  back,  wiih  a  detour 


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to  Sorrento.  Moreover,  you  cn^^iiTo  to  sii]i|il_v 
us  Willi  tliiec)  inciils  a  day  niul  luil^iii)'.-',  lor 
all  of  wliicli  \\i}  cw^atic  to  jiny  a  certain  sum. 
Wliiif,  tlicu,"  irictl  JJuttoiin,  eli'vatiiiK  liis  voice, 
'■  in  the  name  of  all  the  lilessed  saints  ami  ajios- 
tles,  ilo  von  mean  1)V  coming'  to  us  about  iiotel 
hills?' 

'•  Si>ruiir,"s:iiil  tiie  vcttnriiio,  meekly,  "  wliiMi 
I  uuvile  til  It  contract  I  tear  I  was  too  sanguine." 

'"  Too  sanguine  1" 

"  And  I  have  eluin^'cd  inv  niiiid  since. "' 

"IndrcdV" 

"  I  lind  that  I  am  a  jioor  man.'' 

"  Did  you  just  lind  tliat  out?' 

''  And  that  if  I  carry  out  this  it  will  ruin 
me." 

"Well?" 

"  So  you'll  have  to  pay  for  the  hotel  expenses 
yourselvi's,"  said  II  Picculn,  with  dcsjicraiiun. 

"I  uill  forgive  this  iiisull'eralde  insolence,'' 
se.iJ  IJiittons,  majestically,  '•  ou  condition  tliat 
it  never  occurs  again.  Do  you  see  that?"  he 
cried,  in  louder  t<jncs. 

Ami  he  unfnldcd  the  rontrart,  which  ho  had 
been  liililinn  in  his  hand,  and  sternly  jininteil 
to  the  big  blotch  of  ink  that  .vas  supposed  to 
be  II  ritcolo's  signature. 

" />o  i/uit  sii:  that.'"  lie  cried,  in  a  voice  of 
thunder. 

The  Italian  did  not  speak. 

"And  t/iitt .■'''  he  cried,  ])ointing  to  the  sig- 
nature of  the  witiK'ss. 

The  Italian  o]iened  his  mouth  to  speak,  but 
was  eviilently  nonplused. 

'"You  ai'o  iu  my  I'owe;'!""  sid  I'littuns,  in  a 


line  melodramatic  tone,  niii!  wiili  ,';  vivacity  of 
gesture  that  was  not  without  its  ell'ect  on  the 
Italian.  He  folded  the  contract,  rejilaced  it  iu 
his  breaiit-]ioiket,  ami  slapped  it  with  fearful 
emphasis.  Mvery  sla])  seemed  to  go  to  the 
heart  of  II  l'ie<'(i|ii. 

'•  If  you  dale  to  try  to  back  out  of  this  agree- 
ment 1  II  have  yoii  uji  hefore  the  jiolicc.  I'll 
enforce  the  nwfid  jieiudty  that  ]iimislics  the 
uon-iierformancu  of  asidemn  engagement.  I'll 
have  you  arrestcul  by  llio  l!(i\al  (iuards  iu  tiio 
name  of  His  Majesty  the  King,  and  cause  you 
to  be  incareerateil  in  the  lowest  dungeons  (if 
St.  l'".lmo.  IJesides,  I  won't  pay  you  for  the 
ride  thus  far." 

With  this  last  remark  Iliittous  walked  to  the 
door,  and  without  aiu)ther  word  opened  it,  and 
motioned  to  II  I'iceolo  to  leave.  The  vetturino 
departed  iu  silence. 

On  the  fiillowing  moiiuug  lie  made  his  ap- 
jiearance  as  jileasant  as  though  nothing  had 
hajipened. 

Tlie  carriage  rolled  away  from  Salerno. 
Hroad  fields  stretched  away  on  every  i<idc. 
Troops  of  villagers  marched  firth  to  their  la- 
bor. As  they  went  cm  they  saw  wnmen  work- 
ing iu  the  lielils.  and  men  lolling  on  the  fences. 

"Do  you  call  that  the  stutf  for  a  free  coun- 
try?" cried  the  Senatiu-,  whose  whole  soul  rose 
UJI  in  nrms  against  such  a  sight.  "Air  these 
things  men?  or  can  such  slaves  as  these  wom- 
en seem  to  be  give  biith  to  any  thing  but 
slaves  ?  ' 

"  Bravo  I"  cried  Piuttoiis. 

The  Senator  was  too  indignant  to  say  more, 
and  so  fell  into  a  lit  of  musing. 

"l)ick,"*said  Kuttous,  after  a  long  jiause, 
"  you  are  as  pale  as  a  ghost.  I  believe  you 
must  be  beginning  to  feel  the  miasma  from 
these  plains.'' 

"  Oh  no,"  said  Dick,  dolefully  ;   "  somethin 
worse." 

"  AVhat's  the  matter?" 

"Do  you  remendjer  the  rggs  we  had  for  din- 
ner last  evening  ?'' 

"Yes.-' 

"That's  what's  the  matter,"  said  Dick,  with 
a  groan.  "I  can't  explain  ;  but  tiiis,  jierhnjis, 
will  tell  thee  all  I  feel." 

He  took  from  his  pocket  a  jinper  ami  linndcJ 
it  to  lUittour..  Around  the  margin  were  drawn 
etchings  of  countless  fantastic  figures,  illustrat* 
ing  the  following  lines  : 

A  nk;utm.\i;i:. 

"  Gorgons,  ami  h'jihan,  mid  chimernK  t'iir." 

IIV   A  VII  TIM. 

iniril  liiiiU'il  Ofr^'S  t'cr  ton! 
.\ii.l  nli;  tin;  li'inililc  irnlitmarc  ilream 
I'licy  IjroiiL'lit    tn  Incklc.-s  nie! 

Till'  !ii)iiiniicitaiiins  o:iliii'; 

He  s;U  iiiioii  my  dic^t : 
Till'  liiiipiiotMiiiin  ro.u-i'il  "I'll  spot  liim!"  U 

He  tnimplo.l  upon  my  briust. 
Tlid  l)ig  ifrimnnilun  hmirlicd 

.Villi  rnotcil  in  uinli'r  hip: 
Till'  Ills  icimiiivloii  niisiul  by  Hint  pin  o'  i^one 

Uvi;id'.iue  iggs  for  tea. 


TIIK  DODGE  CLUB ;  OH,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


81 


ii'i  r.  vivacity  of 
its  cfl'ift  (111  llio 
I'l,  rupliiccd  it  ill 
it  with  tVa it'll  1 
d    Id   t;()  to   tiic 

Hit  of  tllis  .I.'JITO- 

tliU  iMilicf.  I'll 
lit  lUlIlisliCS  tlio 
i^'ii;:L'iiK'iit.  I'll 
il  Ciiiai'ds  ill  t!ic 
r,  iiiiil  cause  you 
.'St  (liiiigeons  of 
liiy  you   for  llio 

MS  wnlkeil  to  tlic 

il  oiKincil  it,  auil 

The  vettuiino 

ic  made  his  np- 
gh   nothing   had 

from  Salonin. 
on  every  side, 
urtii  to  their  la- 
nv  women  work- 
iK  on  the  fences. 
'  for  a  free  comi- 
!  whole  sctil  rose 
lit.  '■  Air  tlieso 
;s  as  these  wom- 

aiiv    thiiif'   but 


ant  to  say  more, 

a   loiij;  jiause, 

1   lielieve  you 

e   miasma    from 

ly ;  "  scniethin 


we  had  for  din- 


said  Dick,  with 
ut  tllis,  ]icrliajis, 

ijier  and  handed 
■fiiii  were  drawn 
igures,  iiliistrat* 


moms  viir." 

ili'eam 
spot  liim !"  aa 
it  pin  ()'  t^one 


Vh«  liIiiliyfi^iiiniB  tiloil 

'I'm  I'iiU  iiii!  ii|i  ill  II  liiill ; 
Whili'  III!  tlio   tlirci!  wiTi'  (.'riniiliii;  nt  mo, 

All  I  |i'>iiiiiliii^  nil',  bud  unci  uil. 

IIlli!  li'ii!  Iiiirnili! 

It  w.i^  11  litil''  liliirk  pig, 
Anil  11  I'i^'  iMiU-lVii^r,  ami  n  bjbliiileJ  (1<^— 

All  "(  tln'iii  iliinciiih'  a  jl^'. 

Ami  "11.  tlin  Nimki'-"!  the  HimkcM  I 

An!  IIh'  h'n  CDiHtvlctnr  tuo! 
An  1  till!  colini  rnpillii — ii  tiirriblo  {Alow — 

Ciinu!  tu  my  liunillijil  vow: 

SniiknH  nail  Imirllili!  beasts, 

l-'i'Mj;,  III/,  mill  iliij; 
IliHili'il  nil',  pii'lii'il  IMP,  licklod  mc,  criislioJ  ine, 

U  illi'il  nil'  iiliuiit  liku  u  log. 

Tim  littli!  liliii-  ildVilH  ciinin  on  ; 

'I'lii'V  riilii  on  11  iii'i'illo'.-'  p'lint  ; 
Anil  tiio  lil'4  K'lniirc,  with  ii.^iliiiiinlc  liinsli, 

Anil  k'ps  nil  out  of  joint. 

D.it<  oriiwli  il  Into  my  ciii'h, 

llnpiiiiiu'  iilioiit  in  my  liniiii; 
An:l  i.;i-izzly  li>iiir.<  roiio  np  im  uiarofl. 

Ami  tlii'ii  roilo  (lovin  ii^'al.i. 

An  iinteililiiviiin  rmu-pd. 

In  tlic  T'lin  of  II  I'.niliniln  liii'l ; 
Anil  11  I'litiiKoniiin  Ki|tii'i'/i'l  iin  onion, 

lining  my  ni'liiiig  cyi's  lull. 

Til"  tlirri'  blue  liotllii.-i  tlmt  wit 

I'lmi  llie  lii^toricnl  stniioH 
.Snn-,  "  lliy  diildle  diilillo  "— two  oa  ft  fiJdlc, 

Tliu  otliiT  ono  on  tlio  boucH. 

•'  Wlioo  !  wlioo  !  nlino! 

(ii't  11)1,  ^'-t  lip,  yon  bpftiityl 
llt'ii'  coiiij  tlio  aliiivod  monkey.',  n-riUng  on  don- 
ki'V.i, 
Fi-ush  from  Ilobborty  Slioijly." 

Tliey  rni.-icil  me  up  in  the  air, 

IVd,   bnily.   Mild  nil, 
An  I  ciirriiMl  mo  mum  to  tlio  man  in  tlii!  nnoa, 
.\t  tlio  .liiije  of  Sobastopol. 

Iioivn,  down,  down, 

Itoiind,  iiMiiid,  round, 
A  wliirlp'iol  liiirloil  1110  out  nf  the  woill, 

And  oh,  no  botloni  I  found. 

Do'.vn,  down,  down,  « 

V>  iiirl,  whirl,  wliirl. 
And  tlio  Kloiiiitine  lioar  wa3  pacing  tlic  sliore, 

lli.-i  tail  nil  nut  of  oui'l. 

Ill'  "uiiki'd  my  frivoiito  pipe, 

lie  blow  a  cloud  of  .iimiko, 
lb'  ,iiilli'd  ino  out  Willi  hi^  porci  10  snout, 

A;i  1  ling^ing  liiiii,  I  awoke. 

"  Why,  Dick, "  cried  the  Senator,  "  vyiiat  prc- 
uions  imnsense  I" 

"  It  was  intended  to  ho  so,"  said  Dick. 

"  Well,  hut  you  might  as  well  init  on  an  idic. 
It  must  have  some  meaning." 

"  Xiit  a  hit  of  it.  It  has  no  meaning:  that 
is,  no  more  than  a  dream  or  a  nightmare."' 

The  Senator  now  began  to  discuss  the  nature 
of  poetry,  hut  was  suddenly  interriiiited  hy  a 
shout — 

"The  Temples  I" 

The  country  atioiit  Ptcstum  is  one  of  the  most 
beautiful  in  the  world.  Between  the  mountains 
and  the  sea  lies  a  luxuriant  plain,  and  in  the 
middleofiti  tiie  ruined  city.  Tiie  outlines  of 
walls  and  remnants  of  gates  are  there.  Above 
fill  rise  five  ancient  edifices.  Tliey  strolleiV  care- 
lessly around.  The  marble  floors  of  a  good 
many  iirivatc  houses  are  yot  visible,  but  the 
stupendous  temples  arc  the  chief  attractions 
here;  above  all,  the  m.ijestic  shrine  of  Neptune. 

It  w.is  while  standing  Willi  head  thrown  back, 
eves  and  mouth  opened  wide,  and  ihoughts  all 
C 


taken  tip  with  a  ilcop  ciilenlation,  that  tho  Sena- 
tor was  startled  by  a  siiddcii  iinise. 

Turning  Imsiily  he  saw  siuneihing  ti,at  made 
him  run  with  the  sjieed  of  the  wind  toward  tho 
place  where  the  noise  arose.  IJiittons  and  Dick 
were  surrounded  by  a  crowd  of  fierce-looking 
men,  who  were  making  very  threatening  ilem- 
onstrations.  There  were  at  least  lil'teen.  An 
tlie  Senator  ran  up  from  one  diiection,  so  came 
II])  Mr.  I'iggs  and  the  Doctor  fimn  another. 

"  What  is  this?  "  cried  the  Senator,  bursting 
in  upon  the  croud. 

A  lingo  Italian  wax  shaking  his  fist  In  But- 
tons's  face,  and  siamiiiiig  and  gestiLiihiting  viu- 
I'jiitly. 

'•'I'liese  men  say  wo  must  pay  five  piastres 
each  to  them  for  strolling  about  their  ground, 
and  IJiittoiis  has  told  this  big  fellow  that  he  will 
give  them  five  kicks  each.  T'here'll  be  somo 
kind  of  a  light.  They  belong  to  the  (.'amorra," 
Dick  said  all  this  in  a  hurried  iinder-tone. 

"  C'amorry,  what's  that — brigands  ?" 

"All  the  same." 

"  They're  not  armed,  anyhow." 

.Just  at  this  moment  Muttons  .said  something 
which  seemed  to  sting  the  Italians  to  the  soul, 
for  with  a  wihl  shout  they  rushed  forward.  T'lie 
Doctor  drew  out  his  revolver.  Instantly  Di.k 
snatched  it  from  him,  and  ritsliing  forward, 
drove  back  the  foremost.  None  of  them  were 
armed. 

'-.-itand  olT!"  he  cried,  in  Italian.  "The 
fight  is  between  this  big  fellow  and  my  friend. 
If  any  one  of  you  interferes  I'll  put  a  bullet 
through  him." 

The  Italians  fell  back  cursing.  Buttons  in- 
stantly divested  himself  of  his  coat,  vest,  and 
collar.     The  Italian  waitetl  wiih  a  grim  smile. 

Atone  end  were  the  Senator,  the  Doctor,  Mr. 
Flggs ;  at  the  other  the  Italian  riillians.  In  the 
middle  Buttons  a:;d  his  big  antagonist.  Near 
them  Dick  with  his  pistol. 

The  oCeno  that  followed  had  bettor  bo  de- 
scribed in  Dick's  own  words,  as  he  jieiicilled 
them  in  his  memoraiuliiiii-book,  from  time  to 
time,  keeping  a  sliarp  lookout  with  his  jiistol 
also.    Afterward  the  descripiion  was  retouched  s 

Gicat  mill  at  Pce^tntyi,  liftirccn  I'..  Ulttons,  K.<7.,  Gentle- 
tiKDl,  (iild  Itnliaii  pitrl;i  citlti-d  I'Kl'l'O. 

l.xf  ftiuiifl -licppo   di'fiunt    no  attitude  at  all.      Rut- 

t'liu  ii.'i.^iimcl  an  ilegmt  jio  e.  lii'ppo  made  a  sncees- 
.-ioa  of  wild  .-itroke^  without  any  aim,  which  were  parried 
witlioiit  etJ'ii't.  After  wliieh  iiiition-i  landed  four  blow.-', 
one  on  eaeh  peeper,  one  on  the  smeller,  and  one  ou  tlie 

IllUg. 

/■hut  lilno'l  fitr  niiflnn'i.  I!  'ppo  eon.iiderably  pur- 
prised.  Itiidied  furiour'ly  at  r.uiliiii.",  ariii-i  tlyinj;  every- 
where, .atriuk  over  Ituito'ns'.-'  liead.  liiittoni  liglitlv  made 
ob.M.janee,  and  then  fired  a  hiiudrril-p  nuiiler  on  lioppo'.n 
1.  f t  aurii'iil.ir,  wliieh  bad  the  effect  of  bringing  liiiii  to 
gra.-i^.     Firxt  kiinrk  (I'lun  /»/•  /in'tuns. 

21  Iioii)i:l. — I'liriigii  popiiiaiion  i|uite  diimbrounded. 
Americans  iiiim.Jod  but  not  exciled.  Oiiehundnd  to  one 
on  Buttons  eugi'ilyolTereil,  but  no  takers,  liepp  i  junipil 
to  bis  feet  like  a  wild  eat.  Ia'cs  enciicled  with  ebon 
auriole.s,  olfactory  quite  demnli-heil.  Made  a  rush  at 
liiitlons,  wlio,  Iieinga  memb/r  of  tlie  DivlgeCliib,  dodged 
liiin,  and  landed  a  rattler  on  the  jugular,  vhicli  again 
.sent  foreiixn  pirly  to  grass. 

.'W  /iDitii'l. — Nimble  to  the  peratdi.  rieppn  bidljr 
mashed  and  raviieg.  Ibitton-  iin-iallied  and  iaii'_'liiii'.;. 
lieppo  more  cuutiouj  made  u  faint  attouipt  to  get  into 


ii 


TllK   i:).)l)Gli  CLL'IJ;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  JiDCCCLIX. 


'gta^t^ 


.■■ill. I.  AT  r.i-..  ii 


lint!  Ml-*.  \»  pi.  Trl'i!  a  liiil"  ■'pu'ilii  r.  wliV,  ''.ii'  <iini- 
iii:irily  I'tiiUil  liv  a  ca  ii'>naik'  Ir  ill  liutiOMs  (li!i';ily  in 
lii«  I'liiinti'iiancc. 

4'/(  /i'..i'»(/.  — I'lMi  i.iiv  s  h11  1.  Yi'lliii'_'  to  tlir'r  ninn  tn 
(?■)  in.  ilioii't  iMnl.  r-iiiM  I  a  .-iriija'  kw  of  tin-  rule.-'  'if  the 
I".  11.  Very  lii'nii.'!i!c  I.  N'rcil  nii^'-imi.-iri,-'.)  I'.vlincl 
clnin^'  ilcliiM'iilati'ii  tci  u"i  in  ihriii-clvcJ,  lint  "  orr  clicik- 
O'l  liy  alliiMiic  "f  r.lc-u',  wlm  iIiiimIi'McI  |.i  lil.iw  out 
lirains  nl'ti.'-t  man  tint  iMtc'i''i'n' I.  l!ipii""-i  fan'  inanai. 
lii"l  ru'i  I'll  I'.ilily.  .Vir'ivTilKC  ii"t.  at  all  priji  "-i'^>iii^'. 
Mmi'Ii  (!i>iri'.-"(' I  Iml  l'nri.iii>i.  .Ma'li' .'i  li'ninl  ai  I'.alt 'ti^, 
nli'i  calmly,  ii  "1  wl'liDit  ai'v  iipiiau'i'.!  ciy'it.  m''t  liini 
with  a  iL'iTllii'  u)i;i  i-  r,\\  w'  i'li  m.a'Ii'  thi'  Italian  -  '.'itan- 
tir  iVanii'  trfMihl'  lil;i!  a  rsliip  iiii'li  r  tlir  -linlii'  "la  hi'.; 
wave,  lli^  tdlica'cil,  an'l  >unni.' Iii-i  arms,  Iryinu'  t'>  ri'ijain 
Iii^  lialani'i',  when  iilintlur  annihihil"!'  iimst  cli'aiily  nd- 
Iiiini-'tcnMl  liy  lliittinis  lai'l  him  hivv.  .\  L'l'i'at  inmiilt  rnyc 
ani'in,'  the  Ini'i  il'IH'IN.  licpi'ii  lay  panlin:,'  w.tii  ni>  ili- 
ti'i'min  iti.vM  I"  ccimi'  t.i  tin-  r'.Talih.  Ai  ihc  rN-iiirali"n 
"if  ii'n-il  lini.',  I  p|"in:'iit  n"t  apjira'ii  u.  liati'ais  was 
]ii''daiMii'il  viciiir.  I!i'i>ii'i  very  mni'h  Mia-<..i"l.  l"'ir<'i'_'n- 
•■r-t  very  i^i'catly  piiua''l.  At"rrr  u'ailin^  a  yliort  liini' 
linti'Mis  iviimu.l  Ills  garment-'  aiil  waliinl  i  if  witli  Wn 
frifii'l-. 

Afti<r  the  viclory  tin;  lr,i\c!li.'rs  !ci':  I'.'. >tiiiii 
on  tliL'ii'  fi'tiini. 

Tim  rctiil  tlint  turns  olV  to  Surronto  i-s  the 
most  bcaiiiiftil  in  tlio  wovKl.  It  winds  t\U)Uf: 
tim  slioio  with  inniinioriihic  tnniiiiL's.  climhiii;; 
hills,  (l.'sccndiii^  into  v.ilicys,  tuinin;,'  aioniul 
|'V('ci|'ic;'s.  Tht'i'i!  avn  scorus  cif  tlic  ])f('tiifst 
viiiii'.'c's  miller  the  sun,  ivy-roviTial  niiiis,  tVown- 
iii^'  l'iii-!iv's-es,  Idfty  towers,  and  t'h';.'Mnt  vil!;i>j.     I 

i\t-  hi>t  Sorrento  Miiilfs  out  iVoni  a  valU'v 
which  is  |)voverhini  fur  hciiity,  whore,  within  its 
sludter  (if  hills,  neither  th"  hot  Mast  of  niidsiini- 
nier  nor  the  eoM  winds  of  winter  can  ever  dis-  j 
tiirii  lis  repose.  This  is  the  valley  of  iieriietiiiil 
fliiin'.'.  whore  fruits  forever  grow,  and  tiie  sea- 
sons all  hl'Mid  together,  so  jliat  the  same  orchard 
»iions  tiees  ill  blosium  and  heaving  fruit. 


CM.M'TKR  X. 

ON  Tiin  WATi'it,  wiii'.Ki;  HiTrdN.^  si;t:>i  a  I.()^■^ 
iiii'A  AM)  (iivi;s  <ii  v^i;  Ti  1  r,  TOti.riiKK  wiiii 
•iiii:  UEAKT-sh  Ki;M.\(i  iii:-,n.Ts  iiii:iii;i)i'. 

On  the  following;  inoniin;:  Ili'.tinns  and  Diek 
went  a  little  w  ly  out  of  town,  and  down  the 
steep  clilf  toward  the  sl'.ore. 

It  was  11  (lassie  spot.  Here  was  no  less  ii 
)daec  than  the  cave  of  rolypheinus,  where  Ho- 
iiicr,  at  least,  may  have  sto(jd,  if  Ulysses  didn't. 
And  here  is  the  identical  stone  with  which  the 
plant  was  wont  to  hluck  nji  the  entrance  to  his 
cavern. 

The  sea  rolled  before.  Away  down  to  the 
ri^jht  was  \'esuviiis.  starting.'  from  which  the 
eye  took  in  the  whole  wide  sweep  of  the  shore, 
lineil  with  white  cities,  with  a  hackfroiind  (i( 
nioiintains,  till  the  land  terminated  in  fold  jroin- 
(intories 

())iposite  was  the  Isle  of  Capri. 

Myriads  of  white  sails  Hashed  across  the  sea. 

One  of  these  arrested  the  attention  of  lUit- 
fons,  and  so  ahstn'hed  him  that  he  stared  fixed- 
ly at  it  for  li.ilf  nn  hour  without  moviii;x. 

At  lenptli  an  exclamation  hurst  fioiii  liim  : 

"  liv  Jove!      It  is!      It  is!" 

"What  is?     AVhat  is?"' 

"  The  Spaniards!" 

"  Where y" 

"  In  timt  boat." 

"  Ah  !"  said  Dick,  coolly,  looking  at  th^  <\h 
joet  jioiuted  out  hy  Buttons. 

It  was  an  Eiifjlish  sail-boat,  with  a  small  cab- 
in and  a.i  immense  sail.  In  the  stern  were  a 
t;cntleman  and  two  ladies.  Kuttons  was  confi- 
dent that  they  were  the  Spaniards.  • 


^ 


€ 


TIIK   DOlKii;  CI, 11!;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  .MDCCfLLX. 


Ns  srns  A  i.o^T 
■roiF.Tiir.u  wiru 
8  Tiiiiiti:')!-. 

ittiins  mill  Dick 
iiiid  Uowii  tlie 

was  no  less  11 
lUH,  wlicic  llo- 

riyssfs  didn't. 
Willi  wliicli  tlic 
entrance  to  his 

down  to  the 

)in    wliicli  tlie 

of  the  slioro. 

Imckirronnd  of 

(1  ill  l(.ld  li'oin- 


icross  tlio  PPii. 
;ciition  of  Unt- 
ie stared  lixed- 
liiovin;_f. 
St  fioiii  liiin  : 


iiiif;  iU  ill '  ( If 

th  n  small  cab- 
c  stciMi  were  a 
tons  was  confi* 

-s.  . 


'  yoii  will  not  linvo  so  liijiiid  an  iitniosiilierc  ;  if 
_\oii  jiave  i\  slioiv  wiili  ii|iial  lioaiiiy  of  oniliiic, 
ami  ('(|iiiil  (,'nire  in  its  loii^  swucii  of  tci\\criii.{ 
liiMidiund  and  ictri'aliii^,' >liiii(',  voiiwiU  not  I'avo 
so  lU'cji  a  ]iiii'|ile  on  llie  distant  hills.  .Move 
all,  nowhere  else  <jn  earth  has  Nutnre  jhui'il  in 
the  very  centre  of  so  divine  ii  .seene  the  coin rasi- 
cl  lerrors  of  the  Mack  volcano. 

Watching   u   chase    is  cxcilin;,';   hut    laKinj,' 

I  art  in  it  is  nimli  more  so.      Jiiittoiis  had  made 

I  lie  most  scieiitilie  urrant,'<'nicnts.      lie  had  caU 

ciliated  that  at  a  certain  point  on  the  o|'|i'isiie 

."■horo  the  other  hoat  would  turn  on  u  new  taik, 

and  that  if  lie  steered  to  his  hoat  to  ii  jioiiit  ahmit 

half-way  over,  he  would  meet  lliein,  without  ai>- 

|i('ariiif;  to  he  in  pursuit.      lie  aei'ordin;;ly  lilt  so 

,     elated  at  the  idea  that  he  hiirst  furili  into  sont;. 

The  oilier  hoat  at  len;.'ili  had  ]ia-M'd  will  over 

II'  iler  the  shaihjw  (jf  the  land.      Jt  did  not  inin. 

I'lirther  niul  further  over,  and  still  it  ili  1  not 

'      cliaimc  its  course.      IJnttons still  kept  the  ionise 

".'      which  ho  had  lir>t  chosen;  hut  rindiii;;  that  ho 

\vas;;ettiii;.'  far  out  of  the  way  of  the  other  lioat, 

i-     he  was  forced  to  turn  the  head  of  his  hoat  (dnser 

to   the   wind,    and    sail    slouly,   w. itching'    the 

others. 

There  was  an  inland  immediately  ahead  of 
the  other  hoat.      What  was  his  dismny  at  see- 
ing it  ^'raceflllly  i)ass   heyond  t!ie   outer  ed;;o 
Of  the  island,  turn  hehiiid  it,  and  vanish,      lie 
"  Weil,"  said  Dick,  "what's  the  nse  of  t;et-    struck  the   talViail  fiiritaisly  with  his  cleiicheil 
tin;;  so  excited  alioiit  it  ?"  hand.      However,  there  was  no  help  for  it  :   so, 

'"  Wliv,  I'm  goiii^  hack  to  X.ijiles  hy  water  I"    chan^jint;  hiscuiirsc,  he  steered  in  a  slrait'lit  linu 
"Are   vou  ?     Then  I'll   yo  too.      Shall  we    afier  the  other,  to  where  it  had  disajipeared. 


leave  the  others '. 


I       Now  that  the  hoat  was  out  of  sif;lit  Dick  did 


"  Certain  I V  not,  if  they  want  to  come  with  its.''  not  feel  himself  called  on  to  watch.  So  he  ucnt 
Upon  iivpiiry  they  found  that  the  others  had  fcn-ward  into  the  how,  and  made  himself  a  siin^; 
u  srron^  ohjection  to  ^.'oini;  hy  s?a.  Mr.  ¥i,i'^^  iierth,  where  ho  laid  down  ;  and  11^'litin^;  his 
jiref^'rred  the  ease  of  the  carria;^e.  The  Doctor  pijie,  looked  dreamily  out  tliroiij^h  a  cloud  of 
tlioii);ht  tho  sea  air  injurious.  The  Senator  had  smoke  upon  the  charmiii};  scene.  The  tossing 
the  honesty  to  confess  that  he  was  afraid  of  sea-  |  of  the  boat  and  the  lazy  llnpliinR  of  the  sails 
sickness.  T'liey  would  not  listen  to  ]iersiiasion,  '  Iiad  .1  soothing  iiilluence.  His  nerves  owned 
liut  were  all  resolutely  bent  on  kcepin;^  to  the  the  lulling:  ]iower.  His  eyelids  grew  heavy  and 
cania;;e.  '  {.'"ntly  descended. 

Ihittons  exhibited  a  fjverish  haste  In  search-  The  wind  and  waves  and  islands  and  sea  and 
in;;  after  a  hoat.  There  was  hat  little  to  choose  sky,  all  inin;,'led  tot,'etlier  in  a  confused  mass, 
from  amoiiK  a  crowd  of  odd-lookiny;  lisliiiig-lioats  came  before  his  mind.  Ho  was  sailing;  on 
tiiat   crowded   the    shore.      However,  they   se-    clouds,  ami  chasing  Sjianish  ladies  through  the 


leeted  the  cleanest  from  Riiiong  them,  and  soon 
the  hoat,  with  her  broad  sail  spread,  was  dart- 
in.'  over  the  sea. 

The  boat  of  wlii^h  thev  went  in  pursuit  was 


■ky.  The  drifting  currents  of  the  air  bore  them 
resistlessly  along  in  wide  ami  never-ending 
curves  upwanl  in  spiral  inovemonts  toward  the 
zenith  ;  and  then  otl'  in  cver-increasiiig  sjieed, 


faraway  over  near  the  otiicr  sliore,  taking  long    with  ever-widening  gyrations,  toward  the  snn- 
tacks  across  the  ha V.      Ijiittims  headed  his  boat  so    set,  wheri^  the   clouds  grew  red,  and  la/aroni 


as  to  meet  the  other  on  its  return  tack, 

It  was  a  inagnifr;ent  s^'one.      After  exhaust- 


grinned  from  beliind- 

A  siuhlen  bang  of  the  lingo  sail  struck  by  the 


iing  every  shore  view  of  Naples,  there  is  nothing  wind,  a  wild  creaking  of  the  boom,  and  a  smart 
hl;e  taking  to  the  water.  Every  thing  then  ap-  dash  of  spray  over  the  bows  and  into  his  face 
pears  in  a  new  light.  Tin;  far,  winding  cities  waked  him  from  his  slumber.  He  started  up, 
that  surround  the  shore,  the  white  villages,  the  half  blinded,  to  look  around.  I'littons  sat  gaz- 
jan-plc  Apennines,  the  rocky  isles,  the  frowning  ing  over  ilie  waters  with  an  expression  of  bitter 
volcano.  I  vexation.     They  had  passed  the  outer  poin:  of 

This  is  what  makes  Naples  supreme  in  beauty.  I  the  island,  and  had  caught  a  swift  current,  a 
The  peculiar  combinations  of  scenery  that  arc  choi)i)iug  sea,  and  a  brisk  breeze.  The  other 
found  there  make  rivalry  impossible.  For  if  ;  boat  was  nowhere  to  be  seen.  Buttons  had  al- 
you   find  elsewhere  an   equally  hoautiful  bay,    ready  headed  back  again. 


i[ 


TIIK  1):)1)GE  CLUIli  Oil,  ITALY  IN  MDrCCLIX. 


••  I  ilou't  SIM!  till!  (.tlicr  Ijont,"  duitl  Dick.         |  timt  they  don't  ^lu(.•ken  n  little  !     I'i'rlmps  \\f> 

Itiittiiiis  witlidiit  11  wiiril  iMiiiitud  to  tlic  left,  mo  imt  in  full  vii'W.      I  will  sit  a  litlln  lunn  dut 

1  lure  sli(!  w.is,      SIk'  liiul  j,'iiiic  (|iiit'il_v  iiriiinul  of  iliu  simdu  of  tliu  Hiiil,  so  that  thi'y  cuii  re  '0^;- 

iho  isliuid,  and  hud  tal.fn  the  cliaiinid  I'dwccii  iii/.n  nic.'' 

it  and  tlic  >Ih)Ii'.      All  the   liiiic  lliat  slii'  hail        Act  iirdin;,'ly  Ilutton!)  moved  ont   to  u  more 

h't-n   liiildLMi    sill!  was   steadily   iiii'iXMsiii^c    the  eoiis|pieiioim  phieL',  and  I  )lek  allowed  himself  to 

dlstanrc  hetween  thcni.  he  more  vi^ildu.      Apiin  tin;  llashiiij;  Imiss  was 

"'riieru's  no  help  for  il,"  said  Dick,  "hut  to  suen  in  the  bout,  iind  tiiey  coidd   jilainly  |'er- 

l.i'i'|i  strai;;hl  al'ti  r  tlu'iii."  ceive  that  it  was  ])aased  from  one  to  the  (it her, 

lliill<ins  did  nut  reply,  hut  leauod  hack  with  while  eaidi  took  a  hin^  survey. 
II  sweet  e\])ressiiiii  of  jiatience.      Tim  t"o  luiats 
ke]it  on  in  this  way  for  u  lonj;  time  ;  hat  the 
<i!ie  ill  wliieh  onr  frienils  had  einliarkeil  was  no 


iiiatcli  at  all  for  the  one  they  wire  pnrsniir^, 
,\t  every  new  taek  this  fact  heeiiine  more  luiiii- 
l.uly  evident,     'i'liu  only  hope  for  lluttoiis  was 


Tiii'y  must  he  aMe  to  see  ns  if  they  have 
any  kind  of  a  ^la>s  at  all." 

'•  I  should  think  so,"  said  Huttoiis,  didil'iiily. 
"  Are  von  sure  thev  are  the  ,'^paniards  ':" 
♦'Oh  l' quite." 
"Then   I   nitisf    say  they  mi>;ht  he  a  litih' 


I  '  retrain  hy  his  superior  nauii(tl  skill  what  he    nmru  ei\il,  and  not  keejt  ns  racill^,'  after  them 
i-.,i.;lit  lo^e.      Thosi'  in   the  otiier  hoat  had  hut  forever  1" 

Ittile  skill  in  sailiii;,',     'l"hes(!  at  len;;ih  heeaino  j       '"Oh,  I  don't  know  ;   I  sii|>pose  they  wouldn't 
aaarc   that  they  were   t'olloweil,  and  repirdeil    like  to  sail  elosc  np  to  ns." 


t!;eir  jMirsners  with  earnest  attention.     It  did 

li'it  seem  to  have  any  etl'ect. 

''  They  know  we  are   after    them    at  last  I" 

s:;id  Dieii. 

"  I  Wonder  if  they  can  rceopni/e  ns  ?' 

"  If  they  do  they  have  sharp  eyes.      Ml  hu 

luitiged  if  I  can  reeogni<ie  them  I      1  don'i  see 

how  voii  can." 


"They  needn't  sail  np  to  ns,  hut  they  niij;ht 
give  ns  a  ehnnee  to  hail  them." 

"  I  don't  think  the  man  they  have  with  them 
looks  like  .Seaor  I'laneia." 

"  Fraiieia ':*      Is  that  his  name  ?      He  certaii;- 
Iv  looks  lar^;er.      lie  is  larger." 
'  "Lock!" 

As  lUittons  sjiokc  the  hont  ahead  fell  iii]  idly 


'•  Instinet,   Diek— instinct  I''    said    Uattons,    to  leeward.     The  wind  had  fallen,  and  a  ciir- 


\'.  i:ii  animation. 

''A\'hat's  that  tiashin;;  in  tlieir  \n>i\t'!" 
"Tiiat  ?"  said   Uiittons.      '-It's   a  spy-glass. 

I  diiln't  notice  it  hefore.'' 

"  I've  seen  it  for  the  last  half-hour." 

"  'I'hen  thev  must  reco'-nize  us.     How  siraiiL-e 


I  rent  wliieh  they  had  struck  upon  hore  them 
!  away.  In  tlie  ellort  to  escape  from  the  enneiit 
the  hoat  lieaded  toward  lititloiis,  and  when  the 
I  wind  again  arosu  she  coiitiniu'd  to  sail  towaid 
{  them.  As  they  came  nearer  button's  face  e.\- 
,  hihited  a  strange  variety  of  exiircssioiu- 


■I 


"A  TliOlK.VNI)  I'.',  DJNg"' 


i 


TIIK  DODGK  CLL'Jl;  OU.  ITALY  IN  M1)L  C'.MX. 


littl(!  Illllll-  (lilt 

licy  cull  If  •(.>;. 

lilt  to  a  iimic 
wi'd  liiiiisclf  to 
liii^;  liniss  wns 
il  Iiliiiiily  |(i-. 
u  to  the  (illiir, 

H  if  they  l;iivo 

lot;s,  ilolffully. 
iiiiiiiinl.< '!" 

.'lit  lie  n  lillli' 
UK  lifter  tln'iii 

I  tlii-y  wdiilihi't 

■lit  tlicy  niij^lit 

lllVl!   willl  llll'lll 

?      Ilecfl-Iiiii;. 


'iid  full  lii]  iilly 
un,  niul  a  ciir- 

iill    Imro    tln'lll 

iiii  till"  ciirniit 
1111(1  vlicii  tlic 
to  sail  towaiil 

ittoii's  face  IX- 

ssioiis- 


Tlioy  niot. 

Ill  tiic  other  liont  s.U  two  I'linlisli  lulirs  and 
n  till!  t;eiiileiiiaii,  who  eyed  the  two  yoiiiij;  men 
lixediy,  with  11  "Htoiiy  Hriiish  Htare.'' 

"  A  thoiisiiiid  imrdoiis  1"  nai(l  Hiittdiis,  risiii;,' 
mid   howint:.     "1   mistook  you  for   Homn    ae- 

i|ii;lilltillicc'«.'' 

Wlii'reii|piin  the  other^^  smiled  i:i  a  fiieiidiy 
way.  liowed,  iilid  siiid  Miiiiethili;?.  A  few  cinii- 
liiiiii|d.ices  were  iiitelcluiiiKeil,  and  tiic  hoats 
drifted  iiwnv  out  of  iieariiiK. 


ciiAi'TKu  xr. 

Tiir;  srvATOii  HAS  sfcir  a  fancy  FOtt  PfirKiNc. 

l:<!:!'ll,  IM'OIIMAI'ION  I  -ClUlors  I'OSITION  ol' 

A  wisi;,  AND  w  I'.i.i.KNows,  AM)  i)i:si;it vi;i H.v- 

I'ol'n.AK  l,i:(lISIAT()ll,  AM)  LM)l(.iNll'Ii:i)  MODI: 

til'  HIS  i;s('Ai'i:. 

It  V  lU  not  iniieh  nfier  fen  in  thi^  inornlii;,' 
when  Itiitloiis  and  Diek  returned.  On  reiieh- 
iii^  till!  hotel  tliey  foiiiiil  .Mr.  lijX'A^  and  the 
poetor,  who  asked  them  if  tiiey  hud  seen  tlic 
Senator.  To  wliieh  tliey  ro|ili(Ml  by  ]iiitling  th(3 
saiiK!  (|uesti()n  to  tiieir  (|uestioiiers. 

II !  had  not  heen  seen  since  they  had  all  hei  n 
t.i^i'thi'r  last.      Where  was  lie? 

Of  eonrso  there  was  no  anxiety  ftdt  aliout 
him,  lint  still  they  all  wished  to  have  him  near 
St  hand,  MS  it  was  about  time  for  them  to  leave 
the  town.  Tlio  vcttnrino  was  already  i^'nini- 
tiiiii;;,  and  it  re(|uired  a  jirctty  strong  rcmon- 
stranee  from  IJiittons  to  silence  him. 

Tliey  had  luitliiii;,'  to  do  hut  to  wait  jiatient- 
!y.  .Mr.  l'"itr,;s  and  the  Doctor  liinnj,'ed  about 
tiie  sofas.  Muttons  and  Diek  strolle(l  about  the 
town.  Ileariiifj  strains  of  niiisie  as  they  jiassed 
the  cathedral,  they  turned  in  there  to  listen  to 
til '  service.  Why  there  should  be  service,  and 
fall  service  too,  they  could  not  iinafxiue. 

"Can  it  bo  Sunday,  Dick?"  said  IJuttons, 
gravely. 

"Who  can  tell?''  cxclaimeU  Dick,  lost  in 
wonder. 

The  cathedral  was  a  small  one,  with  nave 
:ind  transejit  as  usual,  and  in  the  Italian  (iotliie 
style.  At  the  end  of  the  nave  stood  the  liiKh 
altar,  which  was  now  illumiuated  with  wax-can- 
dles, while  jiriests  otliciated  before  it.  At  the 
ri^rlit  extremity  of  the  transejit  was  the  organ- 
loft,  a  somewhat  nnusnal  ])(wition ;  while  at 
the  o]>i)ositc  end  of  the  transejit  was  a  snuiller 
door.  The  church  was  moderately  filled.  Prob- 
ably there  were  as  many  people  there  as  it  over 
had.  They  knelt  on  the  floor  with  their  faces 
toward  the  altar,  rinding  the  nave  somewhat 
crowded,  IJuttons  and  Dick  went  around  to  the 
door  at  the  end  of  the  transojit,  and  entered 
there.  A  largo  sjiace  was  etnjity  as  far  as  the 
.junction  with  the  nave.  Into  this  the  two  young 
men  entered,  very  reverently,  and  on  coming 
near  to  the  ]ilacc  whore  the  other  worshipers 
wore  thoy  knelt  down  in  the  midst  of  them. 

While  looking  before  him,  with  his  mind 
full  of  thoughts  called  up  hy  the  occasion,  atid 


while  tlio  grand  mii>ie  (.f  one  of  Mozart's  mns.'<es 
was  lining  his  soul,  Muttons  siiildciily  felt  his 
arm  twitched.      II(Muriicd.      It  was  Dick. 

Muttons  was  horrilicd.  In  the  mi(Ut  of  this 
snleinn  scene  the  young  man  was  convulsed 
with  laii;;liter.  His  features  were  working,  his 
lips  moving,  as  he  tried  to  whisper  something 
which  his  laughter  iirovcnted  him  from  savin;', 
and  tears  weie  in  his  eyes.  At  last  he  stiuk 
his  haudkcrehief  in  his  nioiitli  and  bowed  down 
very  low,  while  bis  whole  fiaine  shook.  Soui  • 
of  the  w(a'sliipers  near  by  looked  si'andalized, 
others  shocked,  others  angry.  Muttons  felt 
vexed.  At  lii>t  Dick  raised  his  face  and  rolled 
his  eyes  toward  the  orgau-Iol't,  and  ill^talltly 
boweil  his  head  again,  liiiltons  looked  up  nic- 
chanically,  fidlowing  the  direction  of  Dicks 
glance.  The  next  instant  he  too  fell  forvvaril, 
tore  his  handkerchief  out  of  his  jiocket,  while 
his  whole  t'lanie  .^^lux'k  with  the  most  ]>ainl'.il 
('(MiviiKion  of  langhtir. 

And  how  dreadful  is  such  ii  convulsion  in  a 
soleiun  place  I  In  a  (  huicli,  amid  worshipers; 
jierhaps  especially  amid  worshipers  of  aiiotli'T 
creed,  for  then  one  is  suspected  of  oll'ering  de- 
liberate insult.  1^0  it  was  here.  I'cojile  near 
saw  the  tvvc  yonn;,'  men,  and  darted  angry  looks 
at  them. 

Now  what  was  it  that  had  so  excited  two 
young  men,  who  were  by  no  nicaiis  inclined  to 
(ilVer  insult  to  any  one,  csjiccially  in  religious 
matters  ? 

It  was  this:  As  they  looked  up  to  the  organ- 
loft  they  saw  a  tignre  there. 

The  organ  ]irojectcd  t'rom  the  wall  about  si< 
feet;  on  the  left  side  was  the  handle  worked  by 
the  man  who  blew  it,  and  a  space  for  the  choir. 
On  the  right  was  a  small  narrow  space  not  more 
than  about  three  feet  wide,  and  it  was  in  this 
space  that  they  saw  the  figure  which  jiroduced 
such  ail  etl'ect  on  them. 

It  was  the  Senator.  He  stoo  1  there  erect, 
bare-headed  of  course,  with  confusion  in  his 
face  and  vexation  and  bewililermeiit.  Tlie 
sight  of  him  was  enough — the  astonisliing  ])osi- 
tion  of  the  man,  in  such  a  place  at  such  a  time. 
Milt  the  Senator  was  looking  eagerly  for  hel[). 
And  he  had  seen  them  enter,  and  all  his  soul 
was  in  his  eyes,  and  all  his  eyes  were  tixed  on 
those  two. 

As  Dick  looked  U])  startled  and  confounded 
at  the  sight,  the  Senat(n'  ]irojected  his  head  as 
far  forward  as  he  dared,  frowned,  nodded,  and 
then  began  working  his  lijis  viidently  as  certain 
deaf  and  dumb  ]ico]ilc  do,  who  converse  by  such 
movements,  and  can  understand  what  words  are 
said  by  the  shape  of  the  mouth  in  uttering  them. 
But  the  eliect  was  to  make  the  Senator  look 
like  a  man  who  was  making  grimaces  for  a 
wager,  like  those  in  Victor  Hugo's  "  Kijtre 
Dame."  As  such  the  ajiparition  was  so  over- 
jjowering  that  neither  linttons  nor  Dick  dared 
to  look  up  for  some  time.  Whatmiide  it  worse, 
each  was  conscious  that  the  other  was  laughing, 
so  that  solf-contr(d  was  all  the  more  difficult. 
,  Worse  still,  each  knew  that  this  figure  iu  the 


r"=' 


Tin-:  DODGE  ChUlJ;  01!,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


■ 


organ-loft  •  ">«  watdiin,'  tlii'iii  with  liis  Imn^^rv 
^;lllm';^  rcaily  the  iiioiiiciit  that  thcv  loDkuil  up 
tij  l"';jiii  Ills  j;iiiiKU!('s  mice  iiiort". 

'•'I'hat     ] V    Sciiatcjr :"    thouf^'ht     Uiittoils  ; 

"  lidw  (lid  lio  get  ihefe?  Oh,  how  did  lie  ;;et 
thc'iv?" 

Yet  hiiw  cdidd  he  he  rcsnieil  ?  Could  he  he  ? 
Nil.  He  imi.'^t  wait  till  tliu  service  should  ho 
over. 

.Meanwhile  the  yoilii,::  men  iiiiisleved  siifliciellt 
(•oiiia;ie  In  look  iiji  n^jaiii,  and  alter  a  mighty 
btnig^le  to  g:i/e  ii|i()ii  the  Senator  (of  a  few 
seconds  at  a  time  at  least.  'I'lieie  he  stooil, 
jrojeeiing  forwnid  his  anxious  fiiee,  making 
luces  as  each  one  looked  u\>. 


Tin;  nr.NAToK, 

Now  tlio  i)oo|ile  in  the  inimodiato  vicinity  of 
the  two  yoniig  men  had  noticed  their  agitation 
as  lias  already  l)een  stated,  nnd,  moreover,  they 
had  looked  u])  to  see  the  •anse  of  it.  'I'hey  loo 
saw  the  Senator.  Others  again,  seeing  their 
tv'ighliors  looking  \\]>.  did  thi?  same,  until  at  last 
i;il  in  the  transept  were  staring  up  at  the  oihl- 
hiokiiif:  stranger. 

As  Bnttoiis  and  l;ick  looked  up,  which  they 


could  not  h(^l|)  dding  otien,  the  Sennti  r  would 
re]ieat  his  inoiilhin;'-.  iind  nods,  and  hecks,  ninl 
hiiiks  of  entreaty.  The  coiisei|uenee  was,  that 
the  people  tli(jiiL:lit  the  stranger  was  makin- 
faces  at  them.  'J'hree  hundred  and  f(Mty-seven 
honest  jtcoide  of  Sorrento  thus  found  thems-elves 
shatnefully  insulted  in  their  own  clmrdi  hv  a 
harharous  foreigner,  ]a-ohal)ly  an  l",nglishn;lin. 
no  (lonht  a  hei-etie.  'J'lu;  other  Ojiir  huiidicd 
ami  thirty-si\  who  knelt  in  the  nave  knewnMih- 
iiig  ahoiii  it.  Thev  could  not  sec  the  organ- 
loft  at  ail.  'J'he  j^riests  at  the  high  altar  coni  1 
not  see  it,  so  that  they  vcre  uiMnterru|ited  in 
their  duties.  The  singers  in  the  organ-Iofl  s.-.v, 
noihing,  for  the  Senator  was  conceidcd  froin 
their  view.  'J  hose  thelefore  who  saw  him  Wele 
the  jieople  in  the  transi'pt,  who  iii.w  l:e|il  star- 
ing fi.xedly,  and  \\ilh  aii',iy  '_, l.  at  the  niao  in 
the  l.ift. 

'J'liere  was  no  cliance  (f  getting  him  fint  of 
that  hefor(.'  the  serxiic  was  <iver.  and  lliittms 
saw  that  tliere  might  Ik;  a  sciious  tnmnlt  win  ii 
the  Seimtnr  came  (h.wii  among  that  v.iaih'.td 
crowd.  I'very  moment  made  it  worse.  'I  hc-e 
in  the  nave  saw  the  agitation  of  those  in  tl.e 
transe]it,  and  got  si  me  idea  of  the  cause. 

At  last  lh(!  service  was  ended  ;  the  J-iiigi  is 
departed,  the  jiriests  retired,  hut  the  congngii- 
tion  remained.  Seven  hundred  and  liglty. 
three  human  heings  Mailing  lo  take  ven^iai  re 
on  the  miscreant  who  hiid  thn.wn  ridici  I  •  in 
the  Holy  l'"aiher  hy  making  faces  at  the  f:ii;l,|i  1 
as  they  km  It  in  ]iraycr.  Already  a  inniniur 
arose  on  vwvy  side. 

"A  herelie!  A  licreiic!  A  hla-|  la'u.rr  : 
lie  has  insulted  us  I' 

]!ut«ons  saw  that  a  li(ld  stroke  alone  could 
save  them.  lie  Imrst  into  the  niidst  of  the 
tlironu'  followed  hy  Diik. 

'•  ]'"ly  I''  he  cried.  "  ]'"Iy  for  your  1I\(S  I  It 
is  It  iiiiuliiKiit:      Tly  !      I'ly  I  ' 

A  haul  cry  (  f  terror  iiri.se.  Instantanoins 
convieiion  Hashed  on  the  minds  of  all.  A  mad- 
man I      Yes.      lie  coidd  he  nothing  else. 

A  iianie  arc^-e.  TIk^  ]ieo]ilo  recoiled  from 
before  that  terrihln  madman.  JJiitte^is  spiang 
up  to  tlie  lofr.  He  seized  the  Senator's  aim 
nnd  dragged  him  down.  The  ]ieoplo  lied  in 
lorror.  As  the  Senator  emerged  he  sa.w  seven 
lundred  and  eighty-three;  good  jieople  eif  l-ea- 
■cnte)  scampering  away  like  the  wind  across  the 
sepniro  in  front  eif  the  e'aihe'dral. 

On  reaching  tl'u  hotel  he  tolel  liis  story.  He 
had  heen  ]ie'(>rint;  ahe)nt  in  search  e.f  useful  iii- 
forinatie)!!,  ami  had  entered  the  eathe^elral.  After 
going  threnigli  e;ve'ry  jiart  he  went  up  into  the 
(M'gan-loft.  Just  then  the  singers  came.  In- 
stead of  going  eait  like  a  man,  he  dodge'd  ihe'in 
fidin  some  ahsnrd  cause  or  other,  with  a  half 
idea  that  he  would  get  into  tronhle  for  intrud- 
ing. 'J'he  longer  he  staye'd  the  worse  it  was  for 
him.  ..At  hist  he  saw  Hiittons  nnd  Diek  cnici, 
and  trie'd  to  make  signals. 

•'Well,''  saiel  I{utte)ns,  "wo  had  hctter 
leave.  The  Sorrcntonians  will  lie  ariiniul  h  v  • 
soon  to  see  the  maniac.     They  will  liml  out  all 


4 


L'lUlt'T    Wdllld 

111  lici'ks.  :ii:(i 

let;  viis,  i|„it 

"iis   iiiiikiii- 

il  roity-sc'vcti 

111  tliinii-olvt's 

■| 

1  limdi  liy  a 

i 

I••Il^.•li^llIl)lln. 

i 

'iir   liuii(li-ci| 

('  lillUU   Until. 

■0    the   (Jtj.':;l;. 

li  altar  cniil  1 

itcirii|i(('(|   iii 

I'.i^iiii-Ioft  s.-av 

'I'lilid    (Vdiii 

aw  liiiii  \vi  ix- 

W   l;c)il    sl:;|-- 

t  ll.c  ni;;i,  in 

r  Iiiin  ntit  (,!" 

aiiil    l!i;tl(iiis 

.* 

IlilUlllt   \vll(  11 

y 

lat   Willi l.li.l 

>y>r.      'J|„,M- 

tli'i^o  ill   tl.u 

•ausc. 

llic   !-iiipi  rs 

10    CCllpK  J.';l- 

aiiil   (ij:!,t\-. 

e  vcn^i  ai (c 

ritlici  1  •  .  11 

'IjM   ('■■!'  1    I'l    1 

■     ill'       !•.  I  <  1 1 1  1    1 

■  a    imiiiiiiii- 

THE  DODGE  CLUIJ ;  OR,  ITALY  IX  MDCCCLIX 

n1)0iif  liiii,  ami  inako  us  acqiiairitcil  with  I>yiicli 


37 


In  a.  (piartev  of  an   hour  more  they  ucru  on 
tii'.'ir  wav  luu-k  to  Naples. 


C'lIAlTEii    XII. 

nniirn.ANErM  and  i'omi'kh.  and  ai.t,  that  tut; 
siiiiir  <i;"  Tiiosi:  fAMoir^  1'i,a(  i-.s  i-hudlcld  on 
Tin;  MINDS  (Ji'  ■iiii;  doixii:  (  i,i  ii. 

Tm.Y  had  alreaily  visited  Ilcreiihuieiiiii,  hiit 
t'le  dlily  fecliiijj  wiiich  liad  heeii  awakened  hy 
till'  sij^lit  of  tliat  ill-fated  city  was  one  of  nii. 
niilitrated  di-i^'imt.  As  lioncsty  was  the  eliief 
cliaraeterislie  of  the  wlude  Jiarty,  they  did  uirt 
hesitate  to  esjiress  tlieinsehes  with  the  utmost 
tVcedoin  oil  this  suliject.  They  hoped  for  lii't- 
ter  thiiij;s  from  I'onipeii.  At  any  rate  iVjinpeii 
was  aliovc  j;roiind  ;  what  nii;;ht  he  there  woiiKl 
h,;  vi-ilile.  Xo  fuss  with  toirhcs.  No  luim- 
tiiiL'fiin'.;  vhh  lanterns  No  wandering,'  tliroii;;h 
l.iii^;  hlaek  iias.-.a;^es.  Xo  mountains  briii;,'iii{; 
forth  mice. 

Thc^ir  e.\i)eet:itions  were  eneonraRod  as  they 
walked  tip  the  street;  of  Tombs  leadiiij^  to  the 
III  reulaneiim  Gate.  Tomhs  were  all  around, 
any  ([iiantily,  all  sizos,  little  Mack  vaults  full  of 
pi,L;eon-holes.  Thes'!  they  narrow  Iv  examined, 
aiiil  when  the  jzuide  wasn't  lookiil.,'  they  lilleil 
their  pockets  with  the  aslies  of  the  dead. 

"  ."^traii;.' ',"    (pioili    the    S  ■iiatr)r,    miisin;.'I\. 


"that  tlii'so  aneieiit  I'omi.cy  fellers  should  pirk 
out  this  kind  of  a  win  of  pettini;  hiiried.  This 
must  In;  the  reason  why  ]ieople  speak  of  urns 
and  ashes  \vhen  they  speak  of  deail  people." 

Tliey  walked  thron-h  the  \'illa  of  Diomei'.rs. 
They  were  somewhat  (lisaii]ioiiiteil.  Fi'.iu 
Unide-liooks,  and  espeeially  from  the  remaik.i- 
hly  well-).'ot-iip  I'ompeian  court  at  Sydenham 
Palaee,  IJiiltons  had  Ikhii  led  to  exjieet  soiia'. 
tiling;  far  grander.  l>iit  in  this,  the  largest 
house  ill  tlic  city,  what  did  he  find  ?  Mil'  >  of 
rooms,  ill  fact  elosets,  in  wliieli  even  a  hiimhl ' 
modern  would  rmd  himself  rather  crowded. 
'I'liere  was  seareely  a  decent-si/ed  .'i]iartineiit  in 
the  whole  estaMishment,  as  they  all  indi^rnaiii- 
ly  de(dared.  The  cellars  were  more  sIrikill„^ 
A  iinmlier  of  cartherii  vessels  of  enormous  sizj 
were  in  one  <'orner. 

"  AVliat  are  these?"  asked  tlic  Senator. 

"Wine  jars.'' 

"  AVhat  •;'•' 

"  Wine  jars.    They  didn't  use  wooden  casks.' 

"'i'lie  more  fo(jls  they.  Now  do  yon  mean 
to  say  that  wooden  casks  are  not  intinitely  more 
convenient  than  tliese  tliinj;s  that  can't  stand 
lip  without  they  are  leaiieil  a;;ainst  the  ■wall';' 
I'ho!-' 

At  one  Corner  the  ^ruiile  sto])ped,  and  point- 
iiii,'  doun,  said  s*"nethiiij,'. 

"  What  does  lie  say';*"  asked  the  Senator. 

'•  He  says  if  yon  want  to  know  how  the  Pom- 
pr!aiiS  ;_'i,t  c' i.ke.i,  stoop  ih.wn  ;:iid   smell  that. 


hli.s]  hen.er  : 

alone  conld 
.iilst  of  the 

I'  li\(S.'       It 

stniitniieotis 
II.  A  im,d- 
else. 

I'oiled  from 
tons  .sprai!;; 
iiitors  arm 
tie  (lid  in 
}  saw  f-o\  ( II 
pie  of  Sor- 
1  across  the 


storv. 


lit 


f  useful  in- 
Iral.  j\fter 
ip  into  the 
imie.  In- 
(l,i:ed  them 
illi  a  half 
for  iiitrml- 
^  it  was  tor 
)iek  cnie:. 


tid    hi'ttcr 

llllld    h     '  :' 

lid  out  ali 


I 


VI1.I.A  or  i>io.M:;r)r.. 


38 


TilK  DODGE  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


^1  !i 
\  > 

i;   i 


I'llrW  I 


Every  li<.(ly  win)  cdnips  Ii(>;'o  is  PX|HTti'il  tosiiicU 
tills  ]iariii:iilar  spot,  cu-  lie  can't  say  that  lie  lias 
seen  I'oniiieii." 

bo  down  wont  the  five  (ui  their  knees,  ami    ninths  with  laick  cdvered  with  stiieeo 


chnp,  or  tlic  llunian  army, 
or  the  system.  It  was  all 
hollow.  A\'hy,  tlon'tyoii  see 
the  man  was  a  hhnkhead? 
lie  hadn't  sense  enoiifjh  to 
see  that  whi'ii  the  whole 
]place  was  t^oiiij;  to  the  do^'S, 
it  was  no  podd  sto]'].inj,'  to 
piiard  it.  He'd  niiu  h  hetter 
have  cleared  out  ami  saved 
liis  ]irceious  lil'e  Cor  the  gcotl 
of  his  country.  Do  you 
snii|iosc  ii  Yankee  would  act 
that  way?'' 

"  I  shonlil  snpi'osc  not.'' 
"That  man,  Mr,  was  a 
niuchine,  and  nothing  more. 
A  soldier  nin.-t  know  s<  nic- 
thint,'elsc  than  niorely  obey- 
iiif;  orders." 

J?y  this  liino  tliey  had 
passed  throni^h  the  pate  and 
stood  inside.  The  street 
o]'('ned  liel'orc  thcni  hjr  a 
(■<insi(leralde  distiniec  with 
houses  on  each  side.  Iii- 
chuliiii:  the  sidewalks  it 
miLht  have  heen  almost 
twelve  feet  wide.  As  only 
the  lower  ]'art  i  f  the  walls 
of  the  houses  was  siaiiiliiip-, 
the  show  that  ihey  made  was 
not  ini[iiisin;:.  There  was  no  splemlir  in  the  ai- 
ihileeturc!  or  the  material,  fur  the  style  if  the 
huildin;:s  was  extremely  sini)  le,  and  they  were 


np  apain  f  istc>r  than  they  went  down.  With  one 
universal  shout  of:  ■•  riiew-w-w-w-w-h-h-h  I  1 1" 

It  wasa  torrent  of  sulphurous  vapor  that  they 
inhaled. 

"Xow,  I  suppose,"  said  the  Senator,  as  soon 


After  wandering  silently  lhroiij,'li  tlie  streets 
tlic  Senator  at  length  hurst  I'diiIi  : 

"I  say  it's  an  enorni(Uis  imjiosiiion  I" 

"  What'f'"  in(|iiired  IJuttons,  fainily. 

"  \Viiy,  the    whole    system    of  Cyclopedias, 


as  he  could  sjieak,  "that  that  there  eunies  di-    Panoramas,  I'ooks  of  Travel,  AVondhridge's  Cic- 
reet  in  a  hee-Iim;  through  a  suhterr.'ineau  tun-   opiM]ihy,  Sunday-school  I'ooks — " 
nel  liplit  straight  fnmi  old  Vesuvius.''  "  What  do  you  mean  ":'" 

"Yes,   and   it  was   this    that   sugcested  the        "I  mean  the  descriptions  thoy  give  of  this 
famous  scheme  for  exiiugiiishing  the  v(deano."  ,  place.     The  fellows  who  wriie  ahout  it  pet  into 


lliiw?     What  famous  scheme 


the   heroics,  and   what  with  their  descriptions. 


"Why,  an  Enplisli  stnck-hroker  came  here  j  and  ]iietiircs,  ttnd  moralizing,  you  helievc  it  is 
last  year,  and  smelled  this  jihice,  as  every  one  ;  a  second  ]»ahyli:n.  It  don't  seem  ])ossiMe  for 
must  dii.  An  idea  strmk  him.  lie  started  j  any  of  them  to  tell  the  truth.  Why,  thi>re  isn't 
u]).  'le  ran  off  without  a  word.  He  went  |  a  single  decent-sized  house  in  the  ])lace.  Oh, 
straight  to  I.oiulon.  There  he  organized  a  it's  siniilll  it's  small  1" 
company.  They  ]iropose  to  dig  a  tunnel  from 
the  sea  to  the  interior  of  the  moiiinain.     When 


"It  certainly  might  he  larger." 
"  I  know,"   continued   the  Senator,  with   a 
all  is  ready  they  wiil  let  in  the  water.      There   in.tjestic  wave  of  his  hand  -"  I  know  tiiut  I'm 

px]iocted  to  find  this  here  scene  very  impressive  ; 
hut  I'll  he  hanged  if  I'm  salislied.     Why.  in  the 
name  of  Heaven,  when   they    give  ns  jiictures 
of  tiie  place,  can't  tiiey  make  things  of  the  right 
From  the  Villa  iif  Didmedes  tlier  went  to  the  '  size  ?     Why.  I've  seen  a  hundred  ]iietiircs  of 
pate  where  the  puard-housn  is  seen.      liattons  |  tliat  gate.     They  make  it  look  like  a  triumph- 
told  tiie  story  of  the  sentinel  who  died  tliero  on  |  ant  arch  ;  and  now  that  I'm  here,  durn  me  if  I 
duty,  emhellishing  it   with  a  fow  new  featiu'es   can't  touch  the  top  of  it  when  I  .stand  on  tiji- 


will  he  a  tremendous  liivs.  The  v(deano  will 
hclch  out  steam  f)r  ahout  six  weeks;  hut  the 
result  will  he  that  the  fires  will  he  jait  out  for- 
ever." 


of  an  origimil  characou'. 

"Now  that  inav  he  all  verv  well."  said  the 


toe." 


In  all  his  walk  the  Senator  found  onlv  one 


Senator,   "but  don't    nsk  mo   to  aUniirc   that  i  thing  that  pleased  iiiin.     This   was   th'i  cole- 


i 


I 


i 


ioninn  nrniv, 

1 

It  wiis  all 

iliiii't  vdii  see 

I  lil(H  kliciul  ? 

so  iiioiigh  to 

I    tlio    whole 

;  to  tlu'  (!(if;s, 

I  stojij.iii^'  ti) 

1  llUllll  liCltiT 

It  ;ui(l  siivcil 

!  for  tiic  pkhI 

1'.      ])()    you 

;cc  would  act 

* 

iiJU'osc  not."' 

1 

,   Mr,  was   a 

lltllillj;  llldlV. 

know  s(  nit!- 

iiicrcly  (jl)cy- 

10   they    had 

tho  KiitL'  and 

'I'ho    street 

thciii   for   a 

istaiu'c    wiih 

1   siilo.      ill- 

•idcwalks    it 

Hill    almost 

0.     As  only 

'  f  the  walls 

!is  sianiiin;', 

cy  made  was 

or  in  the  ar- 

style  if  the; 

d  Ihey  were 

). 

1  the  streets 

Iv 

i 

1  ^  . 

'ycloj'edias. 

iridge's  Go- 

pivc  of  this 

''  it  };et  into 

cscri|Jiions, 

lolieve  it  is 

])ossihle  for 

,  there  isiTt 

ilaee.      Oh, 

-  ia 

or,  with   a 

4 

w  that  I'm 

ni)iressive ; 

Vhy.  ill  tho 

lis  jiietiires 

jf  the  ri^iht 

lictiins  of 

■i 

I  ti'iiiiii|>h- 

rn  ine  if  I 

lid  oil  ti|i- 

', 

1  only  OMO 

i 

thy   cclc- 

,| 

THE  DODGE  CLUR ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDrC(  LIX. 


Iirited  I'ompclan  institution  of  a  shop  under  tlie 
(hvelliii^'-lionso. 

'•  Whenever  I  see  any  si;,'iis  of  any  thiiiK  like 
trade  among  these,  ancients,"  said  he,  "I  rc- 
spi'ct  them.  And  what  is  more  satisfactory 
than  to  sec  a  hake-shop  or  an  eaiin;4-saloon  in 
til  ■  lower  story  of  a  palace  ?" 

TJK'ir  walk  was  terminated  liy  the  theatre  and 
ninpliitheatre.  The  si^ht  of  these  were  more 
safisf  iclory  to  the  Senator. 

"  l)ii!ii"t  these  fellows  com,!  it  uncommon 
stron;,'  thoii.di  in  the  matter  of  shows?"  he  ask- 
ed, witii  considerable  enthusiasm.  "Hey? 
Why,  we  haven't  got  a  sinj;Ic  tiavellinf;  circus, 
)iK'na;,'eri  J  and  all,  that  could  come  anyway  near 
to  tills.  At'ter  all,  this  town  might  have  looked 
well  enough  when  it  was  all  hran-new  ami 
jiaiMted  up.  It  might  have  looked  so  then ; 
hut,  hy  tliunderl  it  hjoks  any  thing  hut  that 
now.  What  makes  me  mad  is  to  see  every 
tr.iveller  i)retenil  to  get  into  ra]itnres  about  it 
now.  Uaptnres  bo,  hanged  I  I  ask  you,  as  a 
sensible  man,  is  there  any  thing  hero  cr|iml  to 
any  town  of  the  same  population  in  Massachu- 
set":s?'' 


'  Although  tlic  cxpactalions  which  ho  had 
formed  were  not  i[uite  realized,  yet  rjiittons 
found  much  to  excite  interest  after  the  first  ilis- 
a[ip(niitnient  had  jiassed  away.  Dick  excited 
the  Senator's  disgust  by  exhibiiing  tliosu  rapt- 
ures wliieli  the  latter  liad  condemned. 

The  Doctor  went  by  the  (jrnide-lK)ok  altogeth- 
er, and  regiilatcil  his  emotions  nci-nrdiiigly. 
Having  seen  the  various  places  enumerated 
there,  ho  wished  no  more.  As  l?nttons  and 
Diek  wished  to  stroll  further  among  the  houses, 

I  the  other  three  waited  for  them  in  the  amphi- 
theatre, where  the  Senator  beguiled  t!.e  time  by 
giving  his  "  idee"  of  an  aiieient  show. 

j      It  was  the  close  of  day  before  the  ]iarty  left. 

'  At  the  outer  barrier  an  ollieial  jiolitely  exani- 
inod  them.  The  result  of  the  examination  was 
that  tho  jiarty  was  coiniiclled  to  disgorge  a  num- 
ber of  highly  interesting  souvenirs,  coii^-isiing 
of  lava,  mosaic  stones,  ashes,  jilasier,  mail)le 
chips,  jiebliles,  bricks,  a  bronze  hinge,  a  j.iecG 
of  bone,  a  small  rag,  a  stick,  etc. 

The  ollieial  ajiologized  with  touching  polite- 
ness: "It  was  only  a  form,"  he  said.  "Yet 
ho   must  do  it.     For  look  you,  SiL;noii,"  and 


A   S1.1LI.T   l.N    IMMl'KlI. 


40 


THE  DODGE  CI.UR  ;  OK,  ITALY  IX  MDCCCI.IX. 


.    i 


Iicvc  lif^  slirn{:;:cil  ii]>  lii.-i  sliniiltlors,  mlk'il  liis 
eyps,  ;in(l  imliuil  dut  lii.s  lips  in  n  way  tliiit  vas 
]iosisii)l(.;  ti)  uoiie  but  nil  Itiiiian,  'Mvoro  it  not 
thus  ilic  entire  city  would  be  c;inieil  ;i\vay  jiiecc- 
nic:;l  I' 


niArTEU  XIII. 

rr.S'"\-i'-.5.— woNnEiiFi'L  Asrn\T  of  the  cone.— 
v.'.>Niii:i{iTi,  i)i;s(i:nt  into  the  cuateu. — and 

^I(l^T      WOMIEHIMI.     DISA  ri'EAKANCE     OI"     MU. 

lUifi-^,  ArTKiiwiioNr  Ai.i,  HIS  fkiends  r.o.  with 
Tiii;iK  i.ivr.s  IN  tiii;iu  hands. — ukkat  sensa- 
tion A.MONll  SI'ECTATOU.S. 

To  every  visitor  to  \a]ile.s  the  most  jironii- 
iiciit  object  is  Vesuvius.  Tlie  luiKC  form  ot'tlie 
volcano  forever  staiuls  before  liiin.  The  Ion;; 
pennon  of  smoke  from  its  crater  forever  floats 
out  triuni]iliantly  in  the  ai '.  Not  in  the  laiid- 
scapc  only,  but  in  all  the  ]iieturo-slio]is.  In 
these  cstablishmeuts  they  really  seem  lo  ileal  in 
iiotliiu;,'  but  ])rints  and  paiiiiiu^'s  of  Vesuvius. 

It  was  a  lovely  morning  when  a  carria.iro, 
fdled  with  Americans,  drev,'  uji  at  an  inn  near 
tiie  fii'it  of  the  mountain.  There  were  guides 
without  number  waitiu;:,  like  beasts  of  l)rey,  to 
fall  on  them  ;  and  all  the  horses  of  the  country — 
a  woii'loit'ul  lot — atiam::ziii.u'  lot — alean,  cranky, 
raw-boned,  ill-fed,  wall-eycil,  ill-natured,  sneak- 
inp,  iin;.:ainiy,  half-foundered,  hall-starved  lot  ; 
alllieted  with  all  the  diseases  that  horse-ilesh  is 
heir  to.  There  were  no  others,  so  but  littlj 
time  was  wasted.  All  were  on  an  ci|ual  foot- 
iiip.  To  have  a  inefcrciiee  was  out  of  the 
(luestion,  to  they  amused  themselves  with  jiiek- 
inp  out  tiic  ugliest. 

^\■llen  the  horses  were  first  brought  out  Mr. 
ripgs  looked  uneasy,  and  made  .'-onie  mysteri- 
ous remarks  ahont  walking.  lie  thought  .such 
naps  were  an  imposition.  He  vowed  they  e(juld 
go  faster  on  foot.  ( )il  foot  I  The  others  scout- 
ed tiic  idea.  Absurd  I  rerhajis  he  wasn't  used 
to  siuii  beasts.  Never  mind.  lie  ninstii't  be 
]ii(uid.  Jlr.  riggs,  however,  sceineJ  to  have 
reasons  which  were  strictly  laivatc,  and  an- 
noutieed  his  intention  of  walking.  But  tiie 
others  would  not  hear  of  such  a  thing.  'J'liey 
insisted.  They  forced  him  to  mount.  This 
Jlr.  Tiggs  at  length  accouiiilished,  though  he 
pot  up  <in  the  wrong  side,  and  nearly  juilled  his 
horse  over  backward  by  pulling  at  the  curb- 
rein,  shouting  all  the  time,  in  tones  of  agony, 
'•Who-a!" 

At  length  they  all  set  out,  and,  with  few  iu- 
terniptions,  arrivcil  at  a  jdace  half-way  ii])  the 
mountain  called  The  Hermitage.  Here  they 
rested,  and  leaving  their  horses  behind,  walked 
on  over  .a  barren  region  to  the  foot  of  the  cone. 
All  around  was  the  abomination  of  desolation. 
Craggy  rocks,  huge,  disjointcil  masses  of  shat- 
tered l.iva-blocks,  cooled  oil"  into  the  most  gro- 
tesipie  shapes,  mixed  with  ashes,  scoria',  ai 
jinniice-stones.  The  eoiio  towered  frowniiigly 
above  their  heads.  Looking  nji,  the  aspect  was 
rot  enticing.  A  stee]>  slojie  ran  up  for  an  im- 
mense distance  till  it  touched  the  smoky  canojiy. 


On  one  side  it  was  covered  wiih  loose  sand,  air. 
in  other  jdaccs  it  w;',s  all  oveilaid  with  massei 
of  lava  fragments.  The  niidertakiiig  seem  ;d 
])rodigious. 

The  ^icnator  looked  r.p  with  a  weary  smile, 
but  did  not  falter;  the  Doet(jr  thought  they 
would  not  be  able  to  get  nj)  to  the  to]i,  and  ]to- 
]ioscd  returning;  the  others  declined;  where- 
upon the  Doctor  slowly  sauntered  back  to  the 
Hermitage.  ^Ir.  Figgs,  whom  the  ride  had 
considerably  shaken,  c.\in'es.sed  a  desire  to  as- 
cend, but  felt  doubtful  about  his  wind.  Dick 
assured  him  that  he  would  lind  plenty  when  he 
got  i(j  the  to]i.  The  guides  al-o  came  to  his 
relief.  Did  he  war.t  to  ^o  ?  IJeludil  them. 
They  had  chairs  to  carry  him  n])  or  straps  to 
jmll  him.  Their  6tra])s  were  so  made  that  they 
could  envcloji  the  traveller  and  allow  him  to  be 
1  111  led  comfortably  np.  t^o  Mr.  Tiggs  grace- 
fully resigned  himself  to  the  gnides,  who  in  .1 
short  time  had  adjusted  their  straps,  and  led 
him  to  the  foot  of  tlie  cone. 

Now  for  the  ascent. 

Buttons  went  tirst.  Like  a  young  chamois 
this  youth  bounded  up,  Icajiing  from  rock  to 
rock,  and  steering  in  a  hirai;:ht  line  for  the 
summit.  Ne.\t  the  Senator,  who  mounted  slow- 
ly and  iieiseveringly,  as  though  he  had  a  solemn 
duty  to  ]ierf<jrm,  and  was  dcterniinccl  to  do  it 
thoroughly.  Then  came  Dick.  ^!ore  fitful. 
A  few  steps  upward;  then  a  rest;  then  a  IVish 
start;  followed  by  another  rest.  At  length  he 
sat  down  about  one-thinl  of  x\ic  way  up  and 
took  a  smoke.     Behind  him  Mr.  l-'i,".'s  toiled 


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up,  pulk'd  by  tlic  paiitini^  piiiilcs.  Tlircc  stout  tliore  at  anchur,  aiiil  in  full  sail.  Over  all  was 
men  ill  trout — two  otliers  liocistiii;,'  from  bfliiinl.  a  sky  sucli  as  is  set'ii  only  in  Italy,  witli  a  doptli 
A  ionj;  description  nii;^lit  be  ^'iven  of  tiiis  re-  of  bliii',  wliicli,  wlicn  seen  in  paintiiiij;-;.  seems 
in:irkal)ie  iiseeiit.  IIow  .Mr.  Fifigs  n^'.^ravated  to  the  iriex]iciienied  eye  like  an  exaggeration, 
till!  ;:iiides  almost  b.-yond  endurance  by  mere  The  (guides  drew  tlieir  attention  from  all  this 
fiinv  of  in.M-tia.  Having  committed  himself  to  beauty  to  a  solid  fact.  This  was  the  cookinj; 
tlie.ii  lie  did  it  tlmrou^bly,  and  nut  i)y  one  sin;;le    of  an  e^,'  by  merely  burying  it  in  the  bot  sau.l 

lor  a  few  ndnutes. 

lUittous  now  projiosed  to  go  down  into  tlio 
crater.     The  guides  looked  aghast. 
j      "  Whv  not  ?" 


II 't  of  exertinn  d.id  be  lessen  tlieir  lalxjr.  They 
pidled,  pushed,  and  shouted;  tiien  they  rested; 
ili'u  tiny  rose  again  to  jiull,  to  push,  to  sliout, 
mid  to  rest  as  before  ;    then  tlicy  implored  him 


ill  the  most  moving  terms  to  do  something  to 
help  til  Mil,  to  ])Ut  one  f  >ot  before  the  other,  to 
biM'O  iiiimelf  (irmly — in  short,  to  do  any  thing. 
Ill  vain.  Mr.  Figgs  didn't  uiidoistar.cl  a 
wor  I.  \\i  was  uumovabl 3.  Then  they  threat- 
cued  to  drip  him  and  leave  him  halt-way.  The  Do  you  not  see  that  beyond  that  jioiiit  where 
tlir.Mt  was  disregarded.  Mr.  Figgs  sat  on  a  :  the  rock  ])rqiccts  it  is  all  a  iirocijiice  ?" 
stone  while  th'v  rested  and  smiled  bcnignantlv 


"  Impossible,  Signor.      It's  death.'' 

"  Death  ?     Nonsense  I   come  along  and  show 

us  the  way." 

"  The   way  ?     There   is    no  way.     Xo   one 

ever  dares  to  go  down.      Where  can  we  go  to  ? 


lit  tliJui.  At  last,  maddeiv.nl  l>y  his  im]iassi- 
bility,  thfy  screamed  at  iiiiii  and  at  one  aii- 
otlier  witli  t'lirious  gesticulaiiius,  and  then  tear- 
ing olf  tlie  stra]is,  tlioy  h  iriie  I  iiji  the  slojie, 
leaving  hini  on  the  mid  He  of  tlij  mount  to  take 
care  of  himsjlf. 

It  might  hi  told  ho'.v  tlio  .Senator  tolled  n;) 
slo'.viv  bit  surelv,  never   stopplii  '   till    ho  had 


!       "  That  jioint?     Well,  that  is  the  very  spot  I 
'  wish  to  go  to.     Come  along."' 
I       "  Never,  Signor." 

"Tiicn  I'll  go." 
j       "Don't.     For  the  sake  of  Heaven,  and  in  the 
name  ot  tiic  most  Holy  Mother,  of  St.  I'eter  in 
chains,  of  all  the  blessed  Apostles  and  ^lartyrs, 
the  glorious  Saints  and — " 

"  IMcssed  15otberation,"ci  ied  Iluttons,  abnrpt- 


gaine  I  tin  summit :   or  how  Huttons,  who  ar-    ly  turning  his  back  and  pri'j'ariiig  to  descend, 
viv.'d   there    first,  s  leiit   tiie  time  in   cxploriii;'       "  Are  you  in  earnest.  Buttons  ?' asked  Dick, 
the  mysteries  of  tlii-i  elevate  1  region;  or  how  ,  "  Arc  yon  really  going  down  Ir'' 
Dick  stoppnl  every   twenty  jiaccs   to  rest  and;      "Certainly." 
sm  ike  ;    h  iw    he    onsiimed    much    time    nn  I  ^       "  Oh,  then  I'll  go  too." 

iniirli  toliieco;  an  1  how  he  did  not  gain  tlu  j  Upon  this  the  others  warned,  rebuked,  tlireat- 
suminit  until  tu-en'.'  minutci  after  the  serene  '  cued,  remonstrated,  and  begged.  In  vain.  The 
face  of  the  Senator  iiad  coiil'ronted  the  terrors  .Senator  interposed  tiio  authority  of  years  and 
of  the  crater.  wisdom.      But    to   no   ]mrpose.      With   much 

Before   these    tlii'o    there    was   a   wonderful    anxiety  he  sat  on  the  edge  of  the  crater,  Ijok- 
s;'ei.\      Below  tli  ■  i  lay  the  steep  bi  ies  of  tiio    ing  for  the  result  and  expecting  a  tragedy. 


Cone,  a  waste  of  I 

"  Itwk-',  ci-i'.'^.  I 
'I'liu  IVai.-m  ill 


ious  ruin — 

till  nifmmls  c mfiispdly  Imi'leil, 


I'I'il  niillr,l    HiI'lJ. 

Bjfore  th  '111  was  tin;  crater,  a  vast  abyss,  the 
bo;tom  of  which  was  hidden  from  sight  by  dense 
cloud;  of  siilphiiroiis  smoke  which  forever  us- 
ee d 'd.     Far  awav  on  the  other  side  rose  the 


The  slope  down  which  they  vi'iitiired  was 
covered  with  loose  sand.  At  ciudi  step  the 
treacherous  soil  slid  beneatli  tiieiii.  It  was  ;v 
mad  and  highly  reprehensible  nndertakiug. 
Nevertheless  down  they  went — furtiier  and  fur- 
ther. The  kind  heart  of  the  Senator  felt  a  jiang 
at  every  stcj).      His  voice  sounded  nionriit'ully 


opposite  wall  of  tiie   abyss — black,  rocky  dill's  tiirough  the  rolling  smoke  (hat  inirtt  through  a 

that  ro-;e  preeipitoiisly    ujiward.      The  side  on  million  crevices,  and  at  times  hiil  the  advont- 

wliich  they  stood  slope  1  down  at  a  sf""  angle  urcrsfrom  view.     But  down  they  went.     .Some- 

fir  a  few  liundre  1  feet,  and  then  vent  aoriiptly  times   they  slid    fearfully.     Then    they  would 

d  luiiward.      A  mighty   wind  wa^  blowing  and  wait  ami  cautiously  look  around.  Sometimes  the 

carried  all  the  sm  ike  away  to  the  op|)osite  side  vapors  covered  them  with  such  dense  folds  that 

of  t!io  crater,  so  that  by  getting  down  into  the  they  had  to  cover  their  faces. 

shelter  of  a  rock  they  were  ([iiite  comfortable,  i       ''If  they  ain't  dashed  to  ];ieces  they'll  be  suf- 

Tlio  view  of  the  country  tliat  lay  beneath  was  focated — sure  I"  cried  the  Senator,  starting  iiji, 

superb.     There   lay    X.iples    with   its  suburbs,  aiul  unable  to  contrul  his  feelings.      '•  I  cunt 

extending  fjr  miles  along  the  shore,  with  I'or-  .  stand  this,"  he  muttered,  and  he  too  stepjied 

ti'i,   Castellamare,  and    the  vale   of  Sorrento,  down. 

There  rose  the  hills  of  Baia\  the  rock  of  Iscliia,         The  guides  looked    on    in    horror.      "  Your 

an  I  the  Isle    of  ('aiiri.     There   lay  countless  blood  will  be  on  your  own  hcails  I'' they  cried, 
vineyards,  tiulds  forever  preen,  groves  of  orange         As  the  Senator  dt'sccnded  the  smoke  entered 

nud  lig-trees,   clusters  of  jialms  and  cy|)resses.  his  eyes,  mouth,  and  nostrils,  making  him  cough 

I^louiuains    ascemled    all    around,   with    many  and  sneeze  fearfully.      The  sand  slid  ;   the  heat 

heights  crowned  with  castles  or  villages.     There  under  the  surface  jiaincd  his  feet  ;   every  step 

lay  the  glorious  Bay  of  Xaples,  the  type  of  jier-  matle  it  worse.      However,  he  kejit  on  bravely, 

feet   beauty.      Hundreds  of  white  sails  dotted  At  length  he  reached  the  spot  where  the  others 

the    intense   blue   of  its   surface.     Ships   were  were  standing. 


i  ji 


I       , 


1^  w 


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^r-^^~/  ■^<-^'-^-  .'mMi  /'  f;-i'" '  M  i  /  "■ 


5  -/.,''  /  / 

>/  -.v^ 


r:  s.'::sT  nr  v; ;  ivif.i. 


At  the  font  (if  tlio  (Itvliviiy  \v;i<  nn  nnguliir  ' 
rock  wliirli  juttoil  out  t'of  iiliniit  twilvo  feet.      It 
was  about  six  feet  wide,      lis  siiles  went  down 
])rccii)itously.      The  Senator  walked  jiaiiifully 
to  wlicre  tliey  were  standiiiL;.     It  was  a  fearful 
scene.      All  around  arose  the  sides  of  the  crater,  ; 
Mack  and  rocky.  ]ur|iendieuliir  on  all  sides,  ex-  I 
cept  the  small  slojie  down  which  they  had  just  i 
descended — a  vast  and  gloomy  lircumferenee.  [ 
15nt  iho  most  terrilie  sif^ht  lay  heneath.  j 

The  sides  of  the  crater  went  sheer  down  to  a  i 
prcat  dejitU  enclosing  a  black  abyss  which  in  the  I 
iirst  excitement  of  the  scene  the  stariled  fancy  I 
niiuht  well  imagine  exteiidint;  to  the  bowels  of 
the  earth  from  which  there  came  rolling;  \\\i  vast 
clouds  dense  Idack  snlphnrous  which  at   times 
coni[detidy  encircled  thena  shuttiun  out  every 
thin;;  from  view  (illing  eyes  nose  mouth  witli 
fumes  of  brimstone   forcing  them  to  hold   llic  I 
tails   of  their   coats  or   the  .skirts  it's  all  the ; 
same  over  their  faces  so  as  not  to  be  altogether 
suffocated   while  again   after  a  while  a   fierce 
blast  of  wind  driving  downward  would  hurl  the! 
smoke  nwav  and  dashing  it  aL'ainst  the  other 
side  of  the  crater  gather  it  up  in  dense  volumes  I 


of  blackest  smoke  in  thick  clouds  whicli  rolled 
uj)  the  llinty  dill's  and  reaching  the  suininit 
bounded  fiercely  out  into  the  sky  to  ]iass  on  and 
be  seen  from  afar  as  that  dread  jiennant  of  Ve- 
suvius which  is  the  sign  and  symbol  of  its  mas- 
ter}'  over  the  earth  around  it  and  the  inhabit- 
ants thereof  ever  changing  and  in  all  its  changes 
watchcil  with  awe  by  fearful  men  who  read  in 
those  changes  their  own  fate  now  taking  heart 
.IS  they  see  it  more  tenuous  in  its  consistency 
anon  shuddering  as  they  sec  it  gathering  in 
denser  folds  and  finally  awe-stricken  and  all 
overcome  as  they  see  the  thick  black  cloud  rise 
jirondly  up  to  heaven  in  a  long  straight  col- 
nmn  at  whose  upper  tcrniination  the  colos.sal 
jiilhir  spreads  itself  out  and  siiows  to  the  start- 
led gaze  the  dread  symbol  of  the  cyjircss  tree 

the  herald  of  eartlnpiakes  crnptions  and 

There — I  flatter  myself  that  in  the  way 


of  description  it  would  not  be  easy  to  beat  the 
above.  I  just  throw  it  oft'  as  my  friend  Tit- 
marsh,  poor  fellow,  once  said,  to  show  what  I 
could  do  if  I  tried.  I  have  decided  not  to  ])nt 
punctuation  marks  there,  but  rather  to  let  each 
reader  BU]ii)ly  them  for  himself.     They  arc  oft- 


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en  in  ilic  wny,  I'ariicularly  to  tlic  writer,  wlicn 
he  iia-i  til  ^iDp  ill  till)  full  lluw  of  ii  di;scri]itiijn 
uiiil  insert  them — 

]!ut— 

AVc  left  iMir  fiienils  donn  in  the  eriiter  (.f  Ve- 
suvius.    Of  ciiurse  lliev  liurried  out  as  siion  as 
they  t'oiiKl,  and  innnntinj;  lh<!  treaeherdus  steeji  . 
they  soon  regained  the  siiinniit,  where  the  guides 
had  stood  liawlinp  piteously  all  the  time. 

Then  ean;e  the  descent.  It  was  not  over  the  ' 
Java  hlocks,  hut  in  another  place,  which  was  i 
covered  with  loose  sliding  sand.  Away  they  , 
(Started. 

JJuttons  ahead,  went  with  immense  strides  ' 
down  the  slope.  At  every  step  the  sliding  sand 
carried  him  alxmt  ten  feet  furtiier.  so  that  each 
step  was  eipial  to  ahout  twenty  feet.  It  was 
like  living'.  ]?ut  it  was  attcudeil  hy  so  many 
falls  that  the  descent  of  Hiiitous  and  Dick  was 
acciiii.plished  as  much  hy  sliding  and  rolling  as 
hy  walking. 

The  Senator  was  more  rautioiis.  Having 
fdlen  once  or  twice,  he  tried  to  correct  this 
tciulcncy  by  walking  backward.  Whenever  he 
fijund  liiuis(df  falling  he  would  let  himself  go, 
and  thus,  (in  his  hands  and  knees,  would  h't 
himself  slide  for  a  considerable  distance.  This 
]ilau  gave  him  iininciise  satisfaction. 

"  It's  rpiitc  like  coasting,"  said  he,  after  lie 
had  reached  the  bottom;  "only  it  does  come  a 
little  hard  on  the  trowsors." 

On  their  arrival  at  the  Ilerniitagc  to  their 
surprise  they  saw  nothing  of  Mr.  Figgs.  'J'be 
Doctor  had  been  sleeping  all  the  time,  but  the 
l.indlnrd  said  he  had  not  been  that  Wiw.     As 


they  knew  that  the  neighborhood  of  Vesuvius 
was  nut  ahviiys  the  safest  in  the  world,  they  ull 
went  back  at  once  to  search  after  him. 

Arriving  at  the  foot  of  the  cone  they  went 
everywhere  shouting  his  name.  There  was  no 
response.  They  skirled  the  base  of  the  cone. 
They  walked  uji  to  where  he  had  been.  They 
saw  nothing.  The  guides  who  had  thus  far 
been  with  them  now  said  they  had  to  go.  So 
they  rcceivcil  their  [lay  and  departed. 

"Of  all  the  mean,  usilcss,  chicken-hearted 
dolts  that  ever  I  see,"saitl  the  Senator,  "  they 
are  the  wust  1" 

lint  iiieanwhile  there  was  no  Tiggs.  They 
began  to  feel  nnxions.  At  last  IJuttons,  who 
had  been  up  to  where  -Mr.  Figgs  was  left, 
thdught  he  saw  traces  of  footsteps  in  the  sand 
that  was  nearest.  He  fnllowed  these  for  some 
time,  and  at  last  shouted  to  the  others.  The 
others  went  to  where  he  was.  They  saw  an 
Italian  with  him — an  ill-looking,  low-browed 
rascal,  with  villain  stamped  on  every  feature. 

"This  tcliow  says  he  saw  a  man  who  an- 
swers the  description  of  F'iggs  go  over  in  that 
direction,"  said  I'nttons,  iiointing  toward  the  part 
of  the  mountain  which  is  furthest  from  the 
sea. 


wiiLiit'B  riiius! 


"There?     What  for?"' 

"I  don't  know." 

"  Is  there  any  danger?'' 

"  I  think  so — l''i,.;gs  may  have  had  to  go — 
who  knows?" 

"  Well,"  said  the  Senator,  "we  must  go  aftcl 
him." 

"What  arms  have  you?"  said  the  Doctor. 
"  Don't  show  it  before  this  rascal.' 

"  I  have  .1  bowie-knife,"  said  IJuttons. 

"So  have  I,"  said  Dick. 

"  And  I,"  said  the  Senator,  "  am  sorry  to  fny 
that  I  have  nothing  at  all."' 

"Well,  I  sni'])ose  we  must  go," -aid  the  Doc- 
tor. '■  :\Iy  rev(dver  is  something.  It  is  a  dou- 
ble revolver,  of  peculiar  shajie." 

Without  any  other  tliouuht  they  at  once  jire- 
jiared  to  venture  into  a  district  that  for  all  they 
knew  might  swarm  with  robbers.  They  had 
only  one  thought,  and  that  was  to  save  F'iggs. 

"Can  this  man  lead  us?"  asked  Dick. 

"  lie  says  he  can  take  us  along  where  ho  saw 
I'iggs  go,  and  iierhaps  we  inay  see  some  jieople 
who  can  tell  us  about  him." 

"  I'eihaps  we  can,"  said  the  Senator,  grimly. 
They  then  started  olf  with  the  Italian  at  their 
head.  The  sun  was  by  this  time  within  an 
hour's  distance  from  the  horizon,  and  they  had 
no  time  to  lose.  So  they  walked  rajiidly.  Soon 
they  entered  among  hills  and  rocks  of  lava, 
where  the  desolation  of  the  surrounding  coun- 
try began  to  be  modilied  by  vegetation.  It  was 
(piito  dilllcnlt  to  kcc]i  their  reckoning,  so  as  to 
know  in  what  direction  they  were  going,  but 
they  kept  on  nevertheless. 

All  of  them  knew  that  the  errand  was  n  dnn- 
gerotis  one.  All  of  them  knew  that  it  would 
be  better  if  they  were  armed.  Bat  no  one  said 
any  thing  of  the  kind.     In  fact,  they  ftlt  such 


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confulpiico  in  tlipir  f>\vn  jiliick  and  resolution 
that  tlicv  liiul  no  iloulit  of  success. 

At  k'n„'tli  they  cnnio  to  a  jilncp  wlicrc  trees 
were  on  Ciieli  siiio  of  the  rou^'li  jatli.  At  an 
o]K'ninj;  Iicri'  three  men  stoixl.  IJutions  ;it 
onee  McciKti'd  ilieni  and  tidd  his  crnnnh  Thcv 
loolced  at  the  Anierieans  with  a  siiiislcr  siiiih'. 

"Dim't  1)0  afraid  of  us,"  said  Huiiniis,  i|iiiit- 
ly.  "  W'fVe armed  with  revidveis,  hut  \\v  won't 
hint  yciM.  dust  show  us  where  our  friend  is, 
fi.r  we're  afiaid  lie  has  i(ist  his  way.'' 

At  tiiis  stran;_'e  salutation  the  lialians  huikcd 
jiez/hil.  'i'hey  hjoki'd  at  their  LTuns,  and  then 
at  the  Anierieans.  Two  or  three  other  men 
came  out  friiin  the  woods  at  the  .same  time  and 
stood  in  their  rear.  At  leiiyth  as  many  as  ten 
men  sti'dd  iiriiund  them. 

"  Wiiat  ai("  you  staiin;.'  at?"  said  IJiittous 
n^rain.  "Ynu  lu'edn't  look  so  fri;^litcued. 
Ameiii:',ns  only  use  their  revolvers  against 
thieves.' 

The  Dictor  at  this,  n]'iiarently  l.y  nceident, 
took  Mit  his  rcvcilver.  Siaiidin;,'  a  little  (Ui  (aie 
side,  .le  (ired  at  a  hir;;i'  erow  on  the  to)i  of  a 
tree.  The  h\\\\  fell  dead,  lie  then  tired  live 
other  si:  )ts  just  liy  way  of  amusement.  lau^'Iiiu,' 
nil  the  viine  witii  ilie  Senat(U\ 

'•  Voii  see,''  said  he — "  ha,  hn — we're  in  a  fix 
— ha,  ha — and  I  want  to  show  them  what  a  re- 
volver is  y 

'■I'lUt  you're  wastiiif:  all  your  shot." 

"  Not  a  hit  of  it.      Nei-  '.' 

And  sayint;  this  he  drew  a  seeond  ehaudier 
from  his  poeket,  and  takiiii:  the  hr,-t  out  of  the 
Iiist(d  inserted  the  other,  lie  then  lired  anoth- 
er shot.  All  this  was  the  work  of  a  few  mo- 
ments. He  then  took  some  cartridges  and  tilled 
•.lie  spare  ehaud.er  <inee  more. 

The  Italir.ns  looked  on  tiiis  (i!s]ilay  in  {rreat 
astonis'.nneiit,  exeliaiiLriiiir  sifriiiileaiit  el;iiic(,.<. 
jiartieidarly  when  the  l)oetor  ehaiitred  the  ehnni- 
bcrs.  The  Americans,  on  the  C(uitraiy.  took 
pood  care  to  manifest  conijdete  iiulill'eieuee. 
The  Italians  evidently  thoiitiht  tliey  were  nil 
armed  like  the  Doctor.  N.ilurally  enou;.di,  too. 
for  if  not.  v.-hy  should  tiiey  venture  here  and 
talk  so  lot'iily  to  them  ?  .'^o  they  were  jiuzzleil. 
and  ill  doulit.  Aftcu'  a  time  one  who  a]i]ieared 
to  he  their  leader  stc|i|ied  a<ide  with  two  or 
(hrec  (,■*'  tilt  men,  and  talked  in  a  low  voice,  aft- 
".r  wliicli  ;ie  came  to  liiittons  and  said  : 

"  Come,  then,  and  we  will  show  yon.' 

"  (io  on.'' 

The  Caj'tain  heckoned  to  his  men.  Six  of 
tlicin  went  to  the  rear.  J'utKuis  saw  the  i:i,-i- 
iiieuvre,  and  hurst  into  rfiars  of  lau^diter.  The 
Italians  looked  more  luizzled  than  ever. 

"  Is  that  to  kee]!  us  from  getting:  awav?''  he 
cried—"  ha.  ha.  ha,  ha,  ha  !      Well,  well":  " 

''lie's  juittinp  a  guard  liehind  us.  Laugh 
like  fury,  hoys,"  said  ISuttons.  in  English. 

Whereupon  they  all  roared,  the  tremendous 
Uaghter  of  the  Seiiaior  coming  in  with  fearful 
elfect. 

"There's  nothing  to  laugh  at."  said  the  man 
Tiho  njipeareJ  to  be  captain,  very  sulki'.; . 


'  "  It's  evident  that  you  Italians  don't  under, 
stand  late  improvements,"  said  Jiuttuiis.  '•  Hut 
come,  hurry  on." 

The  I'aptain  turned  and  walke.l  ahead  sullen- 
ly. 

"  It's  all  very  well  to  laugh."  said  thi'  Doctor, 
in  a  cheerful  tone;  '•hut  su]  pose  those  devils 
hehiiul  us  >hoot  us." 

••I  think  if  they  intended  to  do  that  tlieCap- 
laiii  Would  not  walk  in  iVoiit.  No.  they  want 
to  take  us  alive,  and  make  us  J'Uy  a  heavy  raii- 
soiu." 

After  this  the  ('lull  ke]it  tip  an  inee-saiit  chat- 
ter. They  talked  over  their  situation.  hiite(iuld 
as  yet  decide  uikui  nothing.  It  grew  dark  at 
length.  The  sun  went  down.  The  usual  rapid 
twilight  came  on. 

"  Dick."  said  the  Doctfu-,  "  when  it  gets  dark 
enough  I'll  give  you  my  ]ii>tol.  so  that  you  may 
show  oil' with  it  as  if  it  were  ycuirs." 

'•All  right,  my  siui,"  said  Dick. 

Shirtly  after,  when  it  was  (piitc  dark,  ih(> 
Doctor  sli]iped  the  ]iistol  into  the  side-jioeket  of 
Dick's  coat.  At  length  a  light  ap])eared  liefore 
them.  It  was  an  old  rain  which  stood  ui)on  ati 
emiiienee.  Where  they  were  not  a  s(ud  of 
them  cinild  tell.  Dick  declared  that  he  smelt 
salt  water. 

Tlu!  light  which  they  saw  came  from  tie 
hroken  windows  of  a  dila]'id:!ted  hall  heloii^^ii.g 
to  the  huihiiiig.  They  went  \\]>  some  eruiiihliiig 
steps,  and  the  Captain  gave  a  )ieculiar  kiioek  at 
the  door.  A  woman  oiicned  it.  A  1. right 
light  streamed  out.  Dick  jiaused  for  ii  mo- 
ment, and  took  the  Doctor's  ].ist(d  from  his 
jioeket.  He  held  it  n]i,  and  ]ireteiided  to  ar- 
range the  chamher.  Then  he  carelessly  put  it 
ill  his  ]ioeket  again. 

'•  You  haven't  hound  them  '/"  said  the  v.iuiail 
who  o]ieneil  the  door  to  the  Captain. 

"  Meaning  us,  my  joy?"  said  Liittoiis,  in  Ital- 
ian. "  Not  Just  yet,  1  believe,  and  not  for  soino 
time.      Dot  how  do  you  all  ilo  ?" 

The  uoiiiiui  stared  hard  at  Buttons,  and  then 
at  the  Captain.  There  were  eight  or  ten  w  (Uiien 
here.  It  was  a  large  hall,  the  roof  still  entire, 
but  with  the  plaster  all  gcuie.  A  bright  lire 
burned  at  one  end.  Torches  burned  anniiid. 
Oil  a  stool  near  the  Cre  was  a  familiar  form — 
a  portly,  well-fed  form — with  a  merry  face — a 
tuiiikle  in  his  eye — a  ]iipe  in  his  moiith^calin- 
ly  smoking — a|)]iarently  (piite  at  home,  though 
his  f'et  were  tieil — in  short,  ^Ir.  Figgs  I 

•■  Eiggs,  my  boy  1" 

One  universal  shout  and  the  Club  Mirroundecl 
theircompauion.  In  an  instant  liiittons  cut  his 
bonds. 

"  Bless  you — bless  you.  my  children  I"  cried 
Figgs.  '•IJiit  how  the  (Principal  of  Evil)  did 
you  get  here?  These  are  brigands.  I've  just 
been  calculating  how  heavy  a  bill  I  would  have 
to  foot." 

The  brigands  saw  the  release  of  I'iggs,  and 
stood  looking  gloomily  at  their  singular  ]irison- 
ers,  not  quite  knowing  whetlur  they  were  juis- 
oncis  or  not,  r.ot  knowing  what  to  lio.     Each 


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nonilicr  <.f  tlio  f'liili  took  the  most  conifortM- 
\i\v  MMt  lu'  CdiiM  liml  iKiir  tlic  tiro,  ami  \>f^:\\\ 
iiilkiii^'  VL'licLiR'iitly.      ISinlilLMily  Hiittuii.-  juiiiii- 

"A  lliiMisMiiil  pnnliiiH — I  really  foi'^'ot  fliat 
t!iirc!  wore  liuliis  iirc-cm.  Will  you  not  sit 
lion'  mill  ii'iw.  IIS  till-  honor  of  your  coiiiiiaiiy  V 

III'  iiiaih'  ii  lirot'ottiul  I'ow  anil  lookoil  at 
p-'voral  of  th'in.  'I'licy  lookoil  iiniizknl,  t!;cii 
I  L'asiMl  ;   llion  thoy  all  ho  .'an  to  tiltor. 

•'  Si;;iiur  makes  him.<'lt'  very  iiuuli  at  home.'' 
s.ilil  one,  at  leiiL'th. 

"  Anil  whore  eonhl  thon.'  ho.  a  ]  lo;isanter 
llaoo?  This  old  hall,  this  jolly  old  lire,  ami 
tiiis  iloli;:litfnl  (Min|iany  I" 

Another  liov  .  The  Captaiu  looked  very  snl- 
Icn  siill.      He  was  evidontly  in  doep  jiorplexity. 

"  Come,  cheer  nji  there  I"  said  liuttuiis.  "  We 
won't  do  yon  any  harm  ;  we  won't  even  ooin- 
jilaiii  to  thi;  antiioriii  's  that  wo  t'lumd  oiir  t'rieiul 
lure.  Choor  ti])  I  Have  you  any  thin;;  to  oat, 
iii'ist  tiolile  {'a]itain '/" 

'I'hi;  Cajitain  tniiinl  away. 

Meanwliili!  Fi^^-'s  had  told  the  story  of  lii> 
raiiture.  At'ier  ro>liii!.:  I'ora  while  on  the  sl.ipe 
lie  ijrojiarcd  to  dosoend.  hut  seeing  sand  t'linhor 
li'.vay  ho  went  ov/r  toward  it  and  dosoeiided 
tluro.  Findin;.'  it  vory  daii;;erniis  or  ilillieuli 
to  };o  down  strai;:lit  he  made  tho  do^eent  ol.- 
liiltioly,  so  that  wjion  ho  reaehod  the  loot  of  the 
ci.tK'  lio  was  far  away  from  the  ipoint  at  which 
I.e  had  started  to  make  the  ascent.  Arrivin,;- 
tliere,  he  sat  down  to  rest  after  his  exertion-. 
Scm,'   1. 1  '11    eame  toward   him,  hut   he  did  nut 


think  niuchalpont  it.  Suddenly,  Iieforo  he  know 
what  was  up.  ho  foiitid  himsidf  a  jais, nor.  He 
had  u  weary  inart'h,  and  was  just  j,'ettin^'  com- 
fortahlc  as  they  came  in. 

As  tliey  sat  round  the  (ire  thoy  found  it  vory 
e  >mf  Ttalile.  I, ike  many  uveniiit;s  in  Italy,  it 
was  dam|i  and  ([iiite  chilly.  'J'ln'y  lau^rliod  and 
talked,  ami  aip|ioaviil  to  hc!  any  thin;,'  hut  oap- 
tivcs  in  arohhor'>  hold.  The  (,'aitain  had  heen 
out  for  some  tiim',  and  at  lon^'th  returned.  He 
was  now  Very  cheerful.  He  cjime  laii;.^' 
iiji  to  the  (ire. 

••Well,  Si;:nori  Anipricani,  what  do  y(ju  think 
of  your  aceomino  lalion  ';•" 

'■  Delightl'iil  I  ciiarming  I"  cried  15uttons  and 
Dick. 

'•  If  the  l.idics  woiiM  only  deign  to  smile  on 
us — " 

"  Aha  I  Yon  arc  a  gi'cat  man  for  the  ladies  1" 
sai  1  t!ie  <.'a|itain. 

'•  \\'ho  is  not  ';"  >;\u\  Hiittotis,  senlontiuiisly. 

After  a  few  j>leasant  words  the  Captain  kit 
again. 

••  \h-  Iia^  some  scheme  in  his  villainous  head,'' 
.s.ii  1  JJutioiis. 

'■To  drug  ns,"  said  the  Doctor. 

'•To  send  for  others,''  said  Dick. 

'•  To  wait  till  we  sleep,  and  then  fall  on  us," 
said  -Mr.  I'iggs. 

'■  Vrell,  goiiilcmon,"  said  the  .Senator,  draw- 
in,'  himself  up,  •■  we're  more  than  a  match  for 
thuui.  Why.  what  are  those  hrigands ':*  Js 
iliere  a  man  of  tlioni  who  isn't  a  poor,  misera- 
hle,  cow  nrdly  cii^s  ■/      Not  one.      If  we  are  capt- 


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tircil  liv  siicli  ns  these  wc  ilcservc  to  lie  c;i[)- 
tivcs  iill  imv  livus." 

'•  It  we  iluu't  j;ot  otV  soon  wo'll  have  a  guud 
round  sum  to  jiay,''  sakl  Mr.  Fi),'t.'s. 

"Ami  tliat  I  ohjcct  to,''  siaiil  IJiittoiis;  "fm- 
I  ]iroiiii<t'(l  mv  Ciovc'riioi-  sulcinnly  thiit  I  woulchi't 
Blieiul  iii';ic  tliaii  a  coriain  siiin  in  Eiiiupc,  aiul 
1  won't." 

'■I-"oi-  my  Jiart,''  sa'ul  the  Doctor,  '•!  can't 
nffoiil  it." 

'■  Ainl  I  :voulil  nitiioi'  use  the  aniount  which 
they  wiiuKl  asl;  in  sonic  tithcr  way,'"  saiil  Dick. 

'"Thiit's  it,  hiiysl  You're  ]ihR'ky.  Go  in! 
We'll  lix  their  Hints,  'i'he  AnierirMii  cajilc  i^ 
softrinj:,  gentlemen — let  him  ascend  to  tlie  zi'- 
nilh.  Cio  it  I  Hilt  niiiid  now — dmi't  he  tcm 
hasty.  Let's  wait  I'or  a  time  to  see  t'lirtlier  tle- 
velo]imei'.ts.'' 

"Kie!;ai'd,  my  hoy,  will  yon  occupy  the  time 
by  siiiL'iti;;  a  hymn 'r"  eoiiiiniied  the  Sen;iio;-. 
"  I  see  a  ijiiitar  lliere." 

Dick  iiiiielly  ;;ot  ui>.  tonU  the  guitar,  and. 
tniiinf:  it,  he^jan  to  sin;,'.  'I'ln!  hii^rands  were 
still  in  a  state  of  wonder.  The  wdnien  looked 
6hy.  Most  I'f  the  s|ieetators,  however,  were 
(irinnini;  at  the  eccentric  Americans.  Dick 
jdayed  and  saui;  a  fjrcat  quantity  of  songs,  all 
of  a  comic  character. 

The  Italians  were  fi'iul  of  music,  of  ciuirse. 
Diek  had  a  good  voice.  Most  cjf  his  songs  jnul 
chorusCs,  and  the  w  Indc  Clul)  joined  in.  The 
Italians  admired  most  the  nipper  soups.  "  Oh, 
Susannah  I"  was  ;;reeted  with  prcat  njiidause. 
Sowas  '•  Doii-ilah  ;'' and  the  Italians  themselves 
joined  ciieip(  tically  in  the  cIkhus.  l!ut  the 
sonp  ihrtt  th''y  hiveil  hest  was  ■•Ole  \'irpinny 
Shore.''  This  they  called  t'or  over  and  over, 
nnd  as  tlicy  had  (iiiick  ears  they  readily  caujiht 
the  tune  :  so  that,  finally,  when  Dick,  at  their 
earnest  recjucst.  sanp  it  for  the  scvenlh  time, 
they  whistled  the  air  all  throu'.di,  and  joined  in 
with  a  ihiiiulerin,'  chorus.  The  Caiilain  came 
in  at  the  midst  of  it,  and  listened  with  prcat  de- 
light. After  Diek  had  laid  down  his  iiistru- 
nient  he  apiiroached  the  Aineiiiatis. 


"  AVell,  ole  hoss,"  said  the  Senator,  "won't 
you  take  an  arm-chair?" 

'•■\Vliat  is  it';"'  said  the  Captain  to  I5uttons. 

"  lie  wants  to  know  if  ymir  Kxeellency  will 
honor  him  hy  sitting'  near  him." 

'i'lie  Cajitain's  eye  sparkled.  Eriilenily  it 
met  his  wishes.  The  Americans  saw  his  iIj- 
llj;ht. 

'•I  should  feel  luniored  hy  sittiiip  loide  the 
illustrious  stranper,"  said  he.  "  It  was  what  I 
came  to  ask.  And  will  you  iillow  the  rest  ot 
these  nolde  pentlenien  to  sit  here  and  jiartici- 
]iate  in  your  amusement  ?' 

"  The  very  tliinp,'' siiid  I'nttoiis,  "which  we 
have  bei'u  tiyinp  to  pet  tliem  to  do,  hut  they 
uc'u't.  Now  we  are  as  anxious  as  cvei',  Init 
still  more  anxious  for  ilii'  huiies.'' 

'•Oh.  the  ladies!"  said  the  Cajitain  ;  "they 
are  timid." 

Sayinp  this  he  made  a  pesture,  and  five  of 
his  men  came  up.  The  whole  six  then  sat  with 
tlie  live  Americans.  The  .Senator  insisted  that 
till!  ('ai)tain  should  sit  hy  his  side.  Yet  it  was 
sinpiilar.  Each  one  of  the  men  still  kept  his 
pun.  No  notice  was  taken  of  this,  however. 
The  policy  of  the  Americans  was  to  ^'o  in  for 
utter  jollity.      They  sat  tliii.-- : 

The  (,'a]itain. 

'i'lie  Senator. 
Dandit  Niimher  I. 

Mr.  Eipps. 
Bandit  Xiimhcr  '_'. 

TcH!  Doctor. 
Bandit  Niinder  ;!. 

Dick. 
Baiulit  Niimher  I. 

Buttons. 
Bandit  Niniiher  .">. 

Five  meml'crs  of  the  ("'liih.  Six  lianlits.  In 
addition  to  these,  four  others  stooil  armed  at 
the  door.     The  women  were  at  a  distance. 

But  the  seipiel  must  be  left  to  another  cliiip- 
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CIIAl'TEU  XIV. 

UAONinCENT  ATTITini;  OF  THE  MENATOIl  ;  niUI.- 
I.IANi  V  OK  IIITIONs;  AM)  I'M  1  K  or  llli:  olll- 

1:11  Mi;Mi'.i;if<  or  III!:  ci.i  It:  iiv  m.i,  oi'  \,iiuii 
Tin:  (iUKA  ri>T  uiriii'ir*  aui:  ri;oi>i  ckd. 

"  1!  >vs,''  s\\'v\  llio  ^-I'liiiti  r,  iissiiiniii;,'  a  ^in\■ 
tiiiic,  '•  it's  cviiloiit  tliL'so  niscal.s  Imvc  ])liiiiuc(l 
tills  iiri'iin^ciiu'iit  to  attack  us;  Imt  I've  ^ni  a 
jilan  liv  wliii'li  wo  can  turn  tlio  tiil)lus.  Njw 
laii'.'li,  all  i)f  you."  A  roiir  of  laii^'litiT  ni'oso. 
"  I'll  till  it  in  ft  iniiiutc.  AVlii'iii'vcr  I  sto]),  voii 
all  laii^'i.  *"'  tlii't  tl"'y  "'•''>■  ""t  tliiiik  that  we  are 
]ilottiii,'r."  Anotlior  roar  of  liiii;iliter.  "but- 
tons, talk  Italian  as  iiard  as  you  can;  piv- 
tcnd  to  mill -lite  what  I  am  saying;  iiialvo  tip 
Komotliint;  funny,  so  as  to  nut  tluMii  laiiKh- 
in;;;  Imt  taUu  f^oml  carj  to  listen  to  what  1 
say." 

"  .Ml  ri;,'ht."  s:ii.l  Uiittons. 

"  Ilu  !  ha  !  Iia!  ha!  ha!"  sai  1  ilio  othi-rs. 

Xiiw  the  Senator  ln'jran  to  (livul;;e  his  plan, 
and  Mutions  Ik-umii  to  talk  Italian,  iiretondiiij;  to 
tiMiislato  what  the  Senator  said.  To  do  this 
rciinired  nnieh  i|iiiekness,  ami  a  vivid  inia),'iiia- 
liiiii,  with  a  sense  of  the  lidieiilons,  and  niany 
olluT  ipialities  too  nuincroiis  to  iMcntion.  Imh- 
tiinately  ISiittons  had  all  these,  <jr  el>e  the  ('liili 
would  not  have  aeted  jireeisely  as  it  did  aet  ; 
and  ]ierlia;)S  it  )ni;;ht  not  have  heen  aide  to 
move  ahiiig  in  the  capacity  of  a  t'liih  any  Inn^'er, 
ill  whieh  case  it  would,  of  course,  have  had  no 
farther  adventures;  and  then  tiiis  history  would 
not  have  hecn  written:  'oi  I  wliether  the  world 
would  have  h'cn  hette  or  worsu  is  more  than 

1  can  »r  .  I'ij:  s    i\.. 


[Wliiillli"  M.'nntnrfiiihl  1 
"ll.iyH,  I.Kik  lit  llu'r  ill  V. 
il-',  mil'  Hll  I'lti  ll  Hi'lr  III'  w. 
Tliry  liiivi'  armii^'i"!  hoiiki 
n'.gix  i\.  mill  wlii'ii  il  1.4  ^'Ivi'ii 
III.  y  vv  III  ^|iiini;iit  111.  I.mik 
HJiiirp  li'i'  yiiiir  liviM,  iiu,|  |,i, 
iiMiily  Id  ilu  wimt  I  Hiiy. 
ItillMriH,  li  'I'll,  mill  » lull 
.Mill  iluM't  III  r  link  lit  luc, 
uii'l  I'll  I'l'iii'iit  il." 

[(•  Ilk  "llii!  liii!  h.il 
liii:  Im!') 

••  My  iiicH  Ih  III  turn  llii' 
t.iMi -I  nil  tlii'-ii  v.irniliitK 
Till  y  put  llii'iiiHi'lvi'i  ill  Mill' 
pitti''!'.  Wliiit  lliry  Imvii 
iii'i'iiiii;i'i|  f'li' tlii'iii^i'lvi"!  Mill 
iln  r.ir  II"  .jll"!  llM  will  in  if 
ni>  |il  iniii'il  it  nil.     Ill  I'lii't. 

if  IVi'  ll.lil  Iril'il  Ml'  cnlllil  lint 

Imvi'  iiiljiirtii'  I  Hll!  jii'ii'i'iit 
iiuuiniiy  bL'tlisi'." 

(r-K-i.-'Mlii:  Iml 
lin!  Iiii."l 

'•  l,i.'<li'ii     niiw,  Ilnttuim. 

\Vi'  ii.il   iirniiip'  u  ^i,L;iiiil, 

llll  I  111  n  ciTtaill  Wnl'il  wil 
will    lull    I'll    lilir    lli'i^'lllinl'H 

nil  I  iln  u  illi  llii'lii  a-i  tlii'V 
|irn|in-.|'  ilninj;  witli  n.s.  Itllt 
tirst  li'i  iiii  iirriiiiKi-  nii'i'fiilly 
III  lint  till' xiKiiiil;  fnr  cviry 
tiling'  ili'iiuuaa  vix  tliiit." 


[r  »■'.—"  H;il  h.i!  Im! 
hll!  11.  !"| 

■•  l-'ir  I,  Ml'  iiiii't  ki'i'p  lip 
n'li'  iiprmr  ami  iiii'i'iiiiii'iit 
In  11.1  t'l'i  lit  nil  I'yii'iil  ii,.i  \vi' 
I'lin,  liHt  imt  vciy  Inir.'.  I.rl 
if  111'  H'il  I,  in;iili  liMi^ii'i'.iiH, 
Imt  ^liiirt.     It  will  ili-t-iiit 

lllO-n  V.'l'.,'lllinMi|-,  mill  tlirniv 
till  111  nil'  lllnll'  l;1Iii1'.1.  Till' 
iV'Ht      tilillU'      nil      tllll      p-il- 

liriiiiiiiii',    llii'ii,    i.H     iiH'iri- 

Ill.-!l'.        I.Hl.'ll    'H    Inllil    nil  I 

1  UK   '■■'  :■■■>  1  <:i  1  " 


[Wh'ii  nut'iuiiill  h.'tull.l 

••  III'      l-.lV",     llin-i       llnliji' 

C-ipl.aM,    I'lil    t'l  nlli'iiii'ii, 

tli;il  111'  l<  i|  r'pi  I'llli'ly  llllll- 
Mi'.v  :  that  hi'  ciii't  K't  Mli.'il 
111'  Hiillli  III  iiiit.  Ill)  |;i'l|. 
I'liilly  I'lil-  ill'  i>  I  MiaKi'",  niiij 

till'   ^llpplv    III'   Illnll'jIll  tl'i.lll 

111.'  lii'i  at  Ami  ill'  i!i  iliM  It 
i.^  rxliiiii-ti'il  ;  III'  wui.;.- 
Ill'ri',  nil  I  »  ill  liiivi'  it." 

(.-I'lisatioii  aiiiDii'.;  till' • 
(lit-  1 

"  Id'  HIIVH  111'  M'Olllilu't 
linvi'  l-nliin  nut   ||.  If  I'l  il  I'  , 

Imt   llllll   a   Utile  ilinii'iiliy 

Jlllt     llilnl'i'    III'    Jni I     ilir 

pllly.       Ill)     Hll'     lill'lllli; 

fiiitii  till'  Anil  lin  III  .iliip  1/ 
Mill',  ami    nil    -ti  ppiii:;    mi 

^ll  illll  lllllll  trnll  nil  hi-  I'll  It, 
Mlll'l'l'lip  III   III'    put    llilll    llllll 

till'    wiiliT,    mill     lii'lil    1,1:  I 

tlu-l'l'   till    III'  WIH  lll'nWIli  ll.'' 

I  liiimlit^  Iniikiiii,'  iiinri'  ii'- 
Bpi'clfully. ) 

"It  iiiakiH  llllll  fi'i'l 
uiiiiHiil,  111'  ^ayr',  lllllll  111- 
tllillk.-l  llow  mill  lll'it  l^ili  III 
lnnki'<l     at     llilll    Mlii'ii    111' 

llllllll'    llilll   |.'n   llnvt  II   llllll  llio 

ci'iiirr  iif  V'l'.-iiviii.'i ;  ^;n^l• 
llilll  Hvi'  luiniit.'.'.  tn  sny  lii< 
pniyi'ii<,  mill  tlinii  lifu',j  liiiii 
up  ill  till'  air  aiiil   piirlii'.l 

llilll     llniin      tn     till'      iH.tlnlll. 

lli'iliiiik-lii'i-f,illiiii,-,-'iiH" 
[niiuiUu   uxcliangu  glaii- 

Cl'.-.l 

"llo  rl"i"ii't  kimw  Imt 
Hliat     111 'II    liiivi'    II    lililc 

tl''  llllll'  lllinllt  11  pill'St  liu 
killl'il    IlLit    lli^'llt.        Ill'    W11.4 

ill  n  I'liiii'i'li,  mill  Hill  wiilk- 
ill','  lllmllt  wlii-llillL.',  ulli'lj 
II  prii'-t  lllllll'  up  all. I  niilir- 

I  il  llilll  ntit  ;  will  I'l'Iipnll  Im 
ill' V   lli-i    I'rVnlVrl'.   lllnl    put 

I'll  -;x  nf  till'  ImlK't.^  l:i  tlis 
pril'  t'-  l.rnl." 


'  tIlOV 


Tin:   1IANII1T8  OAl'TLllia*. 


1) 


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I  i 

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[Whit  111'  Sr-nnt.ir  Hill.] 
[c/i/'i.   -••lilt!    Iiii!    Ii.'i! 

lint  Iiii!" I 
"III.'  next   lliliiK  !■■,  ti 

liiivi'  Miiiii'  cliiniii^;.      I'lii  V 

KI'IMII     t'l     llkl.<     lilir     |.'|nr|..|H 
tlllti'ilnil  HIIII..H,       lilll'  III!  Ill 

liii'iiiMit  tlii'iii.     I.i'i  III'  flidt 
iMH  l.u  *  Old  \  Irgiiiny.'  " 


In:  Im!"! 


Ii:.!    Iih! 


[Whni  nutti^nii  iiiilil  hK  ulil.] 

Ill  lll'ljIninillHtllfUlill'IVl'H, 

nti'l  Ici'ik  Hi'ilouD,) 

•'  III'  lii'iirillliiit  tlicprli'ft 
HiiKii'il  ili'iiil.    A-"  111'  iilwiiyn 

Illllkl'H  Mill'  Wlllk,  111'  lllll'lllirt 

t'l  I'lik  ill  In  till'  iii'iiiiin^', 
mill  It'  iii'V  iilivi',  lii'MI  rut 
III'  tliniiit,  mill  iimkr  nil  hii 
llfrllillllll-  ilalll'  '  t'ltilt'tllllL' 

if'Olil  SlrKluuy." " 


lliitidiiH  liiid  to  wnik  (111  timt  wdi'il  "  Olil 
Vii^:iiiiiy,"  fur  tlic  (|Mirk  t'iirs  n(  tlio  Itiiliiiiis 
liitil  t■all^;llt  it.      Itaiiilits  criiss  tlu'iiisrlvcs  iij-iiiii. 

(U/ildiii.  —  '•  I  (luii't  l)C'lii;\i'a  woiil  iifit.  It's 
iili)i(issilili'." 

/liiiitlii  \i>.  Ti. — "  IIi;  liidks  like  it,  any  way." 

In  fact,  tiic  Si-iintor  diil  lonk  liku  it.  His 
liiiir  tin;.'i>(l  ti>  nil  iiiiiiatiiral  liiio  liy  tlio  siil|iliiir 
it'  Vcsiniiis,  lii-i  M|iiaic,  tictfiiiiiiii'il  jaw,  his 
I  (MV\,  uv('ili:iii);iii;,'  iivuw,  iiiarkril  liiiii  as  (ilie 
>•        ivas  falialiii'  uf  any  ilc'iicrato  (.'iili.'i|iiise. 


[Wliiil  Ilic  ^rliol'ir  mil 
'•  Nc\l  iiiicl  lii-t,  till  k, 
you  iiri^  t"  i-iii^  •  Viiiiki'i' 
DiHiilli','  Villi  kii'iw  llii' 
wiiril"  iiliiMit  'ci'iiiiiin  til 
town  illlii^'  (111  11  ii.iiiy.' 
Vim  kii  "W  tliiit  viTKo  rinU 
villi  nil  liiilimi  wni'il.  I  mil 
imrticiiiiiraliiiiit  tills  fur  ymi 
Iiiij;li1  I'liijitlir  MMiit;  vi'iM'. 
I  III  yiiil  iiiiilriHliiiiil,  all  uf 
yon?  If  HI,  wink  ymir  vyua 
iwicf.' 


ITIio  Cliih  nil  winked 
twin'.     'I  lull,  iiH  iisiiiil : 

"Hal  lia!  ha!  ha! 
Iia!"] 

'•  I.oik  lit  HIP.  Tlicri'  iiro 
fix.  1  will  tiiko  Iwii;  oiirli 
(if  yon  liiki'  oiii' — till'  man  mi 
ymir  rii;lit.  rriiii'iiilirr.  A^ 
Hick,  in  flii^'in(_',  cniiii''!  to 
that  wiiril,  ciicli  of  yuii  (.-o 
Ht  yniir  man.  lliittonM,yuU 
lii'iu ,  of  eoiir.'<i'." 


[O'k'i.— "llii!     Iml    In! 
lin:  lin!"] 


"noyv,  niTnnpp  in  your 
niiniin  H  liat   to  ilo.      (irali 
till'  pun.  and  put  ymir  man 
(liiwn    liai'kwiird.      I'm   al- 
n^l)^'t  nslinmuil  of  tlic  cani- 
il'.^  so  t'ft-y.      lyxik  at  tl 
liooliin^   liy  mc.      They 
liko  oliiliircii.     No  niiis. 
Till'  fellows  at  till' inil  won  i. 
daip   to   ulioot   for  fi'Hi'  of 
wonn'i'nn  tlioirown  men. 

r.-i./z.-'lla!     Iiii!     Iia! 
ha:  hii!"] 


[Wliiit  Iliilti'iis  mill  III'  mill.] 
'•  111'      nvM     Hull'    i<    no 
liatipt'l'    fill'    llilll,    iliiWrVlT, 

f"i'  t'lrl'i).•nl'l•^^  arc  in  tcrior 
I'f   elio    HUM'    of    '^iinki'c 

llimilll'.'       If  III'  Wl'll'  alTl'!'!- 

cd  liy  till'  (Mivri'iiiiiint,  tin) 
Ami'iican  .\ilniil'al  womM  at, 
onii'  si'iid  iiHlioii'  a  till!  of 
iiiaiiiii'-i  Willi  an  'iillima- 
tiim,'  II  'Culiiiiiliiid,'  n 
'ii|iiinkrr  lii'oiii,'  a  •  \Vi  b- 
Hli'iV  I  niiln  iiifi'il,'  and  a 
'  linjcliyi'at.'iii'rlic,'  to  ilo- 
liiaiiil  jii.-i  ."iii'i'i'iiiirr  at  tliu 
('.iimonV  ninulli." 

|(iriat  •'I'lisMii  n  iininnp 
till!  Ii.'iiidil.-'  at  till'  fi'i'iiiiiia- 
I'li'  iirnin  of  .\iii('iii'iin  ma- 

lini'r'.j 

"  liny  tliink  in  town  tliiit 
111'  1^1  till-  Hi'vil,  licraii^i'  lu' 
lia-i  killi'd  fcvcn  men  in 
diii'Is  fiiii'i'  111'  caiiii-,  and 
li.'ii'  lu'vcr  lii'i'ii  wi'iindi'd. 
I'l'iijilo  don't  know  tlni  ki'i'"* 
Aiiii'rii'an  iiivrnlii>n,  worn 
ni'xt  till'  i-kin,  "  liirii  niiiki  s 
tlie  liody  iiii|i(rvioiis  to  Ijnl- 
lol.-i." 

[I'lxptiiitu  pnocring. — "I 
don't  lii'lii'vp  it." 

Iiiitniit  .Vo.  ii '•  I  don't 

know.  They  invintod  tlic 
ii'volvor.  if  I  only  had 
oni'l"! 

"  II  d'i  up  Iii-i  mind 

to  \:  p.'iit  In  tlio 

w."  ly      Ilo  will 

of  AniiTicani', 

ii  llipfri'i'iit  Hliot- 

11 1,  and  ai'iiK'd  ivitli 

.vor«     like    ours,   fliat 

"t  twelve  times,  and  liavo 

oiilli'ts     like      lionili-,-lielly, 

that  liiirrt  in^'lile  of  a  mail 

and  bluw  him  to  plccca." 


C'cptaiii,  coldly. — "That   crow   didn't   blow 

UJ)." 

jhitlmis.  —  "  Oh  yes  it  did.  It  was  dark,  and 
you  didn't  notice.  (Jo  tict  it  to-morrow,  exam- 
ine it.  and  you  will  find  iniccs  of  ;hc  exploded 
shell." 

Jimulit  Xo.  4. — "  Sniita  Maria  I  What  lies 
this  giant  tells  his  friends!  and  tlicy  all  laugh. 
They  don't  believe  him." 


Iliiiiilit  \(i.\. — "Well,  that  revolver  i>  ('iKiii^li 
for  niu  ;  niid  they  all  have  tliciii." 

Tiio  aliovc  coiiversuiioii  was  all  curried  on 
very  ra|iidly,  and  did  not  take  ii|i  niiiili  liinr. 

At  once  the  Cliili  iirocci'iU'd  to  cany  mil  ilm 
Senator's  |il.iii.  Fiist  tlicy  talked  iihiimms", 
and  roared  mid  liuiKhed,  and  iierlVcted  llnir 
jilaii,  and  thus  jiassed about  ten  miiiiitcs.  Then 
ISiiitoiis  asked  the  Italians  if  they  wished  more 
niii'^ie. 

"Answer,  gallant  Caj  tain  of  these  K'ini.M 
of  the  IJoad.  Will  you  hear  our  fiiieij.'ii 
songs  ?" 

"Most  gladly,"  said  the  gallant  Captain. 
"  There  will  yet  bo  time  before  wo  t;et  our  mi|i« 
per."' 

A  sinister  gleam  in  his  eye  as  he  said  this 
about  till!  sii|i|ier  (lid  not  csia|a'  llii!  iiolico  of 
Hiittons.  'I  hcri'iipon  he  baiulid  the  guitar  to 
Dick,  and  the  hitler  began  to  sing  once  inori! 
the  strains  of  "Ole  ^'il•gilllly."  The  ita'.iaim 
showed  the  samt;  delight,  and  joined  in  ii  roar- 
ing chorus.  Kven  the  nieii  by  the  door  stood 
yelling  or  whislling  as  Dick  sang. 

Lastly,  Dick  struck  iqi  the  iiiial  song.  The 
hour  hud  come  I 

I  "  ViinUee  Doodle  ennie  to  town 

To  liiiy  himself  a  |iony, 
Stiii'k  li  feather  in  lii^  iiat 
And  called  il  — .Vdcciooii)  .'" 

As  the  song  lii-gan  each  man  bad  (|iiietly 
braced  biiuself  for  one  giaiid  cllort.  At  ihe 
sound  of  the  last  word  the  ellect  was  trciiKii- 
dons. 

The  Senator  threw  bis  mighty  iiinis  round 
the  t'aptain  and  the  other  bandit.  They  were 
both  small  men,  as  indeed  Italinns  are  gcncinl- 
ly,  and  beside  his  colossal  frame  tliey  were  lii.e 
bins  to  a  grown  man.  lie  held  them  as  in  a 
vice,  and  grasjiing  their  bands,  twisted  lliein 
liack  till  their  guns  fell  from  their  gras]i.  As 
he  hurled  tiie  all'riglited  rnllians  to  the  floor, 
the  guns  crashed  on  the  stone  pavement,  one  of 
them  exploiling  in  its  fall,  lie  then  by  sheer 
strength  jerked  the  Cajitain  over  on  his  face, 
and  tlirciv  the  other  man  on  him  face  down- 
ward. Tills  done  he  sat  on  them,  and  turned 
to  see  what  the  others  wciv  doing. 

lUittons  had  darted  at  Xo.  T)  who  was  on  bis 
right,  sciz;'d  bis  gun  liiid  thrown  bini  backward. 
He  was  holding  liiin  down  now  while  the  fellow 
was  roaring  for  help. 

Dick  had  done  about  the  same  thing,  but  had 
not  yet  obtained  pos.session  of  the  gun.  He 
was  lioliling  the  Doctor's  pistol  to  the  bandit's 
head,  and  telling  him  in  choice  Italian  to  drop 
his  gun,  or  lie  would  send  him  out  of  the  world 
with  twelve  bullets. 

The  Doctor  was  all  riglit.  lie  was  calmly 
seated  on  Bandit  No.  I!,  with  one  Iiand  holding 
the  bandit's  gun  pointed  toward  the  door,  and 
the  other  grasping  the  nifHan's  throat  in  a  death- 
like clutch.  The  man's  face  was  black,  and  he 
did  not  move. 

Mr.  Figgs  had  not  been  so  successful.  Beinp 
fat,  lie  had  not  been  quick  enough.     He  was 


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}iuklinR  tlic  bnmlit'd  pin,  and  aiming  lilowr  at 
liin  face. 

"  Doctor,"  said  the  Senator,  "  /o".r  n.on's  all 
rij;lit.     (live  it  to  FiKK'^''  man." 

Tlic  Do  'tor  spranj;  up,  sfi/.t'd  Kitrgs'tt  ninn  iiv 
tliu  throat,  jiiat  as  liu  staggered  Laik,  and 
broii^'lit  iiiin  down. 

Tlu!  wliolc  tiling;  Imd  licon  done  in  im  incred- 
jlily  sliort  time.  'I'lu;  rolilicrs  liad  liccn  taiicn 
liy  cnniiile'to  siirjiriso.  In  strcn>;tii  tlicy  were 
fir  iiilViior  to  tlicir  a-^saiiaiiN.  i\t  lacked  as  liicv 
wcro  so  uTU'xpcctcdly  tiic  siicc 'ss  of  til!  Ameri- 
cans was  not  very  wonderful.  Tlie  uproar  was 
tromendoiis.  Tlio  women  were  most  noisy. 
At  first  all  wore  paralyzed.  'I'licn  wild  shrieks 
ranj;  tliroujjh  the  liail.  'I'hey  yelled,  they  sliuut- 
eil,  they  wrniij;  their  hands. 

The  four  handits  at  the  eml  of  the  hall  stood 
for  a  moment  horror->truck.  Tiien  they  raised 
tlieir  nuns.  IJut  tlii-y  dared  not  lire.  They 
iiiii,'ht  shoot  tlieir  own  men.  Suddenly  Dick, 
who  had  j^ot  the  finn  which  ho  wished,  looked 
at  the  door,  and  seein;,'  the  ^niis  levelled  he 
lired  the  revolver.  A  liaid  scream  followed. 
One  of  the  men  tVll.  Tlus  women  rusheil  to 
take  care  of  him.     'i'he  other  tiiree  ran  oil". 

"Doctor,"  said  the  Senator,  "have  yon  a 
rope?     Tic  that  man's  hands  heliind  him.'' 

The  Doctor  took  his  liaiidkerehief,  twisted  it, 
and  tied  the  man's  hands  as  neatly  and  as  liiiii- 
ly  as  tlu)iij;h  they  were  in  handeutrs.  lie  then 
went  to  Buttons,  >;ot  a  handkerchief  from  him, 
iind  tied  np  his  man  in  the  same  way.  'I'lien 
Dick's  man  was  bound.  At  that  moment  a 
Imllct  tired  tliroiifih  one  of  the  windows  fjrn/ed 
the  head  of  Mr.  l'"i;:ns. 

"Dick,"  said  the  Senator,  "  go  out  and  kec]) 
guard." 

Dick  at  onoc  obeyed.  The  women  screamed 
and  ran  as  he  came  along. 

Then  the  two  men  whom  the  Senator  lind 
caiittired  were  bound.  After  i\  while  some 
pieces  of  rope  and  leather  strajis  were  found  l)y 
Kuttoiis.  With  these  all  the  bandits  were  se- 
cured more  firmly.  The  men  whom  the  Sena- 
tor had  captured  were  almost  lifeless  from  the 
tremendous  weight  of  bis  manly  form.  Tbcv 
made  their  captives  squat  down  in  one  corticr, 
while  the  others  possessed  themselves  of  their 
guns  and  watched  them.  The  wrctrhcs  look- 
ed frifihtened  out  of  their  wiis.  They  were 
Neaiiolitans  and  peasants,  weak,  feeble,  nerve- 
less. 

"It's  nothing  to  boast  of,"  .said  the  Senator, 
eontcmptuously,  as  be  looked  at  the  slight  fig- 
ures. "They're  a  jioor  lot — small,  no  muscle, 
no  s])irit,  no  nothing." 

The  poor  wretches  now  began  to  whine  and 
cry. 

"Oh,  Signorc,"  they  cried,  appealing  to  But- 
tons.    "  Sjiare  our  lives!" 

At  that  the  whole  crowd  of  women  came 
moaning  and  screaming. 

"Hack  !"  said  Buttons. 

'Oh,  Signori,  for  the  sake  of  Heaven  spare 
them.     Spare  our  husbands!" 


"  Hack,  all  of  yon !  Wo  won't  hurt  nny  ono 
if  you  all  keep  (jiiiet." 

The  women  went  sobbing  back  again.  Tlio 
Doctor  then  went  to  look  at  the  wouiicled  man 
liy  the  door.  Tin?  tellnw  was  tieniMing  luul 
weeping.     All  Italians  weej)  easily. 

The  Doctor  eNamined  him  and  found  it  w-.h 
only  a  flesh  wound.  The  women  were  full  of 
gratitude  as  thi!  Doctor  lioimd  up  bis  arm  after 
probing  the  wiiiind,  and  lifted  the  man  on  a  riido 
coueh.  From  time  to  tinu'  Dirk  would  hxik  ill 
at  the  do(U'  to  sec  how  thing's  were  gnin^  on. 
The  fi(dil  was  won. 

"Well,"  said  the  Senator,  "the  other  Ihrco 
have  probably  run  for  it.  They  may  bring 
others  back.  At  any  rat(!  wc  bail  better  hurry 
off.  We  are  armed  now,  and  can  be  safe.  But 
what  ought  we  to  do  with  I  bene  fellows';' ' 

"  Nothing,"  said  Buttons. 

"Nothing':"' 

"  No.  They  probably  belong  to  the  '  ('amor* 
rn,'  a  sort  of  legali/ed  brigandage,  and  if  wo 
had  them  all  [uit  in  prison  they  would  be  let  out 
the  next  day." 

"  W(dl,  I  ninst  say  I'll  rather  not.  They're  ,1 
mean  lot,  but  I  dim't  wish  tliein  any  harm. 
Su[ipose  we  make  theiii  take  ns  out  to  the  load 
within  sight  of  the  city,  and  then  let  them  go?' 

"Well." 

The  others  all  agreed  to  this. 

"  We  had  better  start  at  once  then." 

"  For  my  jiart,"  saiil  .Mr.  Tiggs,  "  I  thiidc  wo 
had  much  better  get  something  to  cat  before  wa 

KO." 

*'  Pooh  !  Wc  can  get  a  good  dinner  in  Na- 
ples. We  may  have  the  whole  countiy  aiound 
ns  if  we  wait,  and  though  I  don't  care  for  my- 
self, yet  I  wouldn't  like  to  sec  one  of  you  fall, 

1,, 
)oys. 

So  it  was  decided  to  go  at  once.  One  man 
still  was  senseless.  He  was  left  to  the  can;  of 
the  women  after  being  resnsritated  by  the  Doc- 
tor. 'I'he  Captain  and  fiuir  bandits  were  taken 
away. 

"Attend,"  said  Buttons,  sternly.  "Yon 
must  show  us  the  nearest  w.iy  to  Naples.  If 
yon  deceive  ns  you  die.  If  you  show  us  our 
way  we  may  perhaps  let  you  go." 

The  women  all  crowded  aroind  their  hus- 
bands, screaming  and  yelling.  li.  vain  Buttons 
t(dd  them  there  was  no  diinger.  At  last  ho 
said — 

"  Yon  come  along  too,  anil  make  them  show 
us  the  w.iy.  You  will  then  return  here  wiili 
them.     The  sooner  the  better.     Haste!" 

The  women  gladly  assented  to  this. 

Accordingly  they  all  started,  each  one  of  t!io 
Americans  carrying  a  gun  in  one  hand,  and 
holding  the  arm  of  a  bandit  with  the  other. 
The  women  went  iilicad  of  their  own  accord, 
eager  to  put  an  end  to  their  fears  by  getting  rid 
of  such  dangerous  guests.  After  n  walk  of 
about  half  an  hour  they  came  to  the  public  road 
which  ran  near  to  the  sea. 

"  1  thought  I  smelt  the  sea-air,"  .'.aid  Dick. 

They  had  gone  by  the  other  side  of  Vesuvius. 


■.1) 


TIIK  DODGF,  CiAlJ;  OK,   ITALY  IN  MDCC;  LIX 


■•  Tills  is  the  road  to  Niijiles,  Signori,"  siiiU  inodcst  valises  there  mus  a.  pencrnl  excitement 
the  women.  I  in  the  hoiiso  ;   ami  when  they  called  for  thcii 

•'All!  And  yon  won't  feel  safe  till  you  pet  little  hill  it  apiieared,  and  the  whole  family 
the  men  away.  Very  well,  yon  may  >,'(>.  We  j  ahm;,'  wiili  it.  'J"he  landlord  ]iresented  it  \iiili 
can  jirohahly  take  eare  of  oiir.-elves  now."  |  a  neat  bow.      Heliiiid  him  stood  his  wife.      On 

'I'lie  women  ])i>nred  forth  ii  torrent  of  thanks  '  his  left  the    lii;^  dra^^oon.     And  on  his  ri>;lit 


and  lilessin;,'s.  The  men  were  then  allowed  to 
l:<>.  and  instantly  vanished  into  the  darkness. 
At  lirst  it  was  quite  dark,  hut  after  a  while  the 
mo(m  arose  and  they  walketl  merrily  along, 
though  very  hungry. 

IJefore  they  reaelied  their  hotel  it  was  ahout 
one  o'eloek.  IJuttous  iind  Dick  stayed  there. 
As  they  were  all  sittiug  over  the  rcjiast  which 
they  forrcd  the  landlord  to  get  for  them,  iJiek 
suddenly  struck  his  haud  on  the  table. 

"Soldi"  he  cried. 

'•What?" 

"They've  got  our  Imnlkerehiefs." 

"  Ilandkereliiefs  I"  cried  Mr.  Figgs,  ruefr' 
•'  why,  I  forgot  to  get  hack  my  ]iurse." 


Dolores. 

Such  was  the  jiosition  which  t!;c  enemy  took 

U]). 

Buttons  took  u))  the  jiajier  and  glanced  at  it. 

"  What  is  this?" 

"Yourhill." 

"My  billy" 

"  Yes,  Signorc." 

"Yes,"  re]ieated  ])olorcs,  waving  her  liille 
haud  at  IJutlons. 

SouuMliing  menacing  aijieared  in  the  atti- 
tiule  .and  tone  of  Dolores.  Had  she  changed? 
Had  she  joined  the  enemy?  U'hat  did  all  this 
mean  ? 

"  What  did  you  say  yon  would  ask  for  this 
room  when  1  came  here?"  lUitton:;  at  length 
asked. 

"I  don't  recollect  naming  any  [iriee,"  said 
the  landlord,  evasivcdy. 

"1  reeidlect,"'  said  I)(dores,  decidedly.  '•  He 
didn't  name  any  price  at  all."' 

'•  (Jood  Heavens  I"  cried  IJuttous,  aghast,  ami 
totally  uniirepared  for  this  on  the  )iart  of  Do- 
lores, thoagh  nothing  on  the  ]'art  of  the  land- 
ord  could  have  a.-toui>hed  him.  lu  the  brief 
sjiace  of  three  weeks  that  worthy  had  iieen  in 
the  habit  of  telling  him  on  an  average  about 
four  hundred  and  sevcnty-seven  downright  lies 
per  day. 

"You  fold  nie,"  said  IJuttous,  with  admira- 
ble calmness,  "that  it  would  be  U\t>  jiiastres  a 
week." 

Two  Jiiastres  !     Two  for  bolli  of  you  !     Im- 


l.le 


l'ou    might   as   well  say  I  was  in- 


echoed  Dolores,  in  iiidi^ 
V  think  I    and  for   this  ma< 


Two   Jiiastres  1 
t  tones — 

cut  aiiartment  I  the  best  in  the  house — ele- 
ly  tarnished,  and  two  gentlemen  I     Why, 
t  is  this  that  he  means?" 
Kt  tu  IJrute  !"  sighed  IJuttons. 
Signorc  I"  said  Dolores. 
Didn't  he,  Dick?"' 

He  did,"  said  Dick  ;  "  of  course  he  did." 
Oh,  that  voiiiircliiiild  will  say  any  tiling," 
Dolores,  coutemjitnously  snajijiiiig  her  tin- 
in  Dick's  face. 


Why,  Sinogre.     Look  yt 


II 


ow  IS  It  pos- 


?  Think  what  accommodations!  (i;izc 
I  that  bed!  (ia/.e  njiou  that  furniture! 
emplate  that  jirosjiect  of  the  busy  street  I'' 
Whv,  it's  the  uifist  wretched  room  in  town," 


Doi.oiin.i  oNcr:  moki- 


\    IM.rASANT    fONVI-.HSA- 


Hiiiton 

'HON.— iiiTToNs  i.i;auns  moki;  oi'  his  vm  nu    friends  here. 
Fiiiii.M). — .MTEcriNu  (■•.vi<i:wi;i,i,.  i 


i"ve  been  ashamed  to  ask  mv 


I       "Ah,  wretch  !"  cried  Dolores,  with  flashing 

As  the  Club  intended  to  leave  for  Rome  .il-    eyes.      "Yon  well  know  that  you  were  never 

most  mmiediately,  the  two  young  men  in  the    so  well  lodged  at  home.    This  misenible  !    This 

Strado  di  San  Bartollo  were  jircjiared  to  settle    a  room  to  be  ashamed  of!      Away,  American 

with  their  landlord.  i  siwnge  !     And  your  friends,  who  arc  they  ?    Do 

When  liuttons  and   Dick   jiacked    up  th.'ir    you  lodge  with  tlie  lazaroni  ?" 


I 


THE  DODGE  CI.UB;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCC.I.IX. 


liiilc 


'•  Ho 


I 


"  You  snid  that  you  would  cluirpo  two  pi- 
nstros.  I  will  jiiiy  uo  nioii; ;  iii>,  not  luilf  a 
carliuc.  How  (l:iro  you  semi  nio  a  bill  for 
i'i<;htocu  ]iiastrcs?  1  will  piiy  you  six  jiiastrcs 
f(ir  the  three  weeks.  Your  lull  tor  eighteen  is 
ii  cheat.      I  throw  it  away.     IJehoUl  1" 

Anil  Huttous,  tearing  tlio  i)aper  into  twenty 
tVngnieuts,  scattered  them  over  the  tidnr. 

"Ah!"  cried  Dolores,  st.nnliug  before,  iiini, 
wilh  her  arms  foMcd,  and  her  face  all  a;;low 
with  heautifiil  aii^rer  ;  '"you  call  it  a  cheat,  do 
V(ui  ?  You  would  like,  would  you  not,  to  run 
off  and  pay  nothing?  That  i.s  the  custom,  1 
suppose,  in  America.  15ut  you  can  not  dcjthat 
in  iliis  honest  country." 

"  Signore,  you  may  tear  up  lifiy  hills,  hut  you 
niu^t  jiay,"  said  the  landhud,  |iolitely. 

'"If  you  come  to  travel  you  shoidd  bring 
moiH'yenoiigh  to  lake  you  along,"  said  Dolores. 

"Then  1  would  not  liave  to  take  lodgings 
fit  only  for  a  Sorrento  beggar,"  said  I'attous, 
somewhat  rudely. 

"They  aro  too  good  for  an  American  beg- 
gar," rejoined  Dolores,  taking  a  stej)  nearer  to 
him,  and  slap[iing  her  little  hands  together  by 
way  of  emphasis. 

"Is  this  the  maid,"  thought  Buttons,  "that 
hung  so  tenderly  on  my  artu  at  the  niasi|iieradc  ? 
the  sweet  girl  who  has  charmed  so  luany  eviii- 
ings  with  her  innocent  mirth?  Is  this  the  f'ii- 
young  creature  who — '" 

"  Arc  you  goiug  to  jiay,  or  do  you  think  you 
can  keep  us  waiting  forever?"  crieil  the  fair 
young  creature,  im])atieutly  and  sharjily. 

"Nonuire  than  six  ]iia-itres,"  re))lied  I5iittoiis. 

"  15c  reasonable,  Siguore.  He  reasonable," 
said  the  landlord,  with  a  conciliatory  snnle  ; 
"  and  above  all,  be  calm — be  calm.  Let  us 
have  no  contention.  I  feel  that  these  honor- 
able American  geiulemeu  have  uo  wish  but  to 
act  justly,''  and  he  looked  benigmintly  at  his 
family. 

"  I  wish  I  could  feel  the  same  about  these 
Italians,"  said  Muttons. 

"  You  will  soon  feel  that  these  Italians  arc 
determined  to  have  their  tine,"  said  Dohncs. 

"They  shall  have  their  due  and  no  more." 

"Come,  Buttons,'' said  Dick,  in  Italian,  "let 
us  leave  this  old  rascal.'' 

"Old  rascal?"  hissed  Dolores,  rushing  u]i 
toward  Dick  as  though  she  would  tear  lii^  eyes 
out,  ami  stamjiiug  her  little  foot.  "Old  ras- 
cai  I      Ah,  juccolo  Di-a-vo-lo  I" 

"Come,"  said  the  landloiil ;  "  I  have  affec- 
tion for  yon.  I  wis'  to  satisfv  you.  I  have 
always  tried  to  satist*  and  please  you." 

"  The  ungratefulones  I"  said  Dcdorcs.  ''Have 
wo  not  all  been  as  friendly  to  them  as  we  never 
wore  before  ?  And  now  they  try  like  vijicrs  to 
sting  us." 

"  I'enco,  Didores,"  said  the  landlord,  majos- 
tically.  "  Let  us  all  bo  very  frieiully.  Come, 
pood  American  gentlemen,  let  us  have  peace. 
"  AVhnt  now  i/i7/ you  pay?'' 

"  Stop  I"  cried  Dolores.  "  Do  you  bargain  ? 
Why,  they  will  try  and  make  you  take  u  liulf- 


TWU    I'lASlUl.Sl 


I 


carliue    for   the   whole   three    weeks, 
ashamed  of  y(ui.      I  will  not  consent." 

"  How  much  "ill  you  give?"  said  the  land- 
loril.  once  more,  without  heeding  his  daughter. 

"Six  piastres."  said  Buttons. 

"  Impossible  '.'' 

"AVhcn  I  came  here  I  took  pood  cave  to 
have  it  understood.  You  distinctly  saitl  tv.-o 
]iiastres  per  week.  You  may  tind  it  very  con- 
venient to  forget.  I  lind  it  c<pially  convenient 
to  remember." 

••Try — try  hard,  and  perha]]s  you  vill  re- 
meiub'.'r  that  we  olVered  to  take  nuihing.  <  tli 
yes,  nothing — absolutely  Jiothing.  ( 'oiddti't 
think  of  it."  said  Dolores,  with  a  multitiule  of 
ridiculous  but  extremely  |irctty  gestures,  that 
made  the  little  witch  charming  even  in  her  ras- 
cality.-—  "Oh  yes,  nothing  " — a  shrug  of  the 
shoulders — "we  felt  so  honored  "—s]U'eading 
out  her  hands  and  bowing. — "A  great  Ameri- 
can I— a  noble  foreignerl'" — folding  her  arms, 
and  strutting  up  and  down. — "Too  much  haji- 
jiiness  I" — here  her  voice  assumed  a  tone  of  most 
absurd  sarcasm. — "  \Vc  wanted  to  entertain 
them  uil  the  rest  of  our  lives  for  nothing  ' — ii 
ridiculous  grimace — "or  perhajis  your  sweet 
conversation  has  been  sutlieient  pay — ha?"  and 
she  ]iointed  her  little  rosy  taper  tiiiger  at  But- 
tons as  though  she  would  transfix  him. 

Buttons  >iighed.  "  Dolores  1"  said  he.  "I 
always  tluuight  i/mi  were  my  friend.  I  didn't 
think  that  you  woidd  turn  against  inc." 

"  Ah,  infamous  one  !  and  foolish  too  I  Did 
you  think  that  1  couM  ever  ludp  you  to  cheat 
my  poor  jiarcnts?     \Yas  this  the  reason  why 


TlIK  DOIMii:  Cl.VW;  OK,  ITALY   IN   MDCCCLIX. 


yoii  S(pii};lit  me?  Dislioiicst  one  I  I  am  (nily  siilcr  llii^  Aiiu'ricaii  tlio  sniue  flesh  niul  lildcul. 
ail  iiiiii  ci'iil  j^iil,  liiit  I  can  iimliiMainl  vmir  vil-  'I'licy  liclicvi!  that  "  li!  liciniics  "  is  a  iicicsNai  v 
luiiiy."  pari  of  tlif  (•(liicaliiiii  oI'iIk-  >vlit>l(!  All;;lii-Saxnii 

"  I  lliiiik  M>ii  uiidiTslaiiil  a  ^;ri'Mt  iiiatiy  race,  canfiil  iniiciil^  aiiiiiii:^  that  |h'(i|i|c  liiin;; 
things,"  saiil  liiillniis,  iiiiiiiniriilly.  intciit  iijxjii  lluci'.  lliiii^;s  Ini-  llair  cliiMicii,  td 

"Anil    til    think    that    niic    woiil.l   s.'rk    my    wil: 
filciiiNhi))  til  save  his  iiuiiicy  I"  (1.)  'I'd  cat  /I'u.'.Af/'an.l  liijhL,  hiil  cspcciall;. 

Ilntton.s   turned  iiway.       "  Sm|pJii>si'  I  siaycil    th(^  Inrmcr. 
ti'ic  three  weck-<  Ioniser.  Imw   much  wiaihl  yuu         ('1.  )  'I'u  use  certain   |in)!'aiie   ix]ircsvinns,   l,v 
<  iiarj^e  ?"  he  askcil  the  laiiilliird.  which  the  (  onlincnlal  cm  aluax.s  tell  the  An- 

'I'liat    Worthy    tipciicd     his    eyes.       His    tace    ghiSasnn. 
l)rij;hieneil.  (.'!.)  'Tn  .sntii.  i.  i  i.'om  i  m;  mhii  i  hi  nil! 

'•'I'lirci;  weeks  haii.;('r  ?  Ah— I  Well —  ('(>iisi'i|iiciilly,  when  r.nllniis,  Inihiwrd  hv 
I'erliaps     "  Kick,  iidsanccd   Id  Ihc   diinr,  the   iainllDid   and 

"Stop!''    cri"d    Diilipres,    |ihiciii;j    In-r    hand    the    '  lirave  suldicr  "  slippi'd  a^i(h',  and  aclnallv 
over  her  lather's  iiiDiilh  — "  not  a  \M)rd.      linn  t     aihiwed  ihelii  to  pass, 
yiin  nnder^tand':'      lie  don't  want  to  ^tay  three         .Not  so  I  )iiiDres. 

miniilcs  JDnKcr.  lie  wants  to  j^ct  yon  into  a  Nhe  tried  to  lioiind  her  iid.'itivcs  on;  slie 
new  hai^'ain,  imd  cheat  yon.''  .slornicd  ;    she   tannlcd   them  ;   she  called  tlicin 

"Ah!"  said  the  landlord,  with  a  know  in;;  cowards;  she  even  went  so  far  as  in  inn  al'ier 
wink.  "Milt,  my  child,  y(Mi  are  really  too  l5iitloiis  and  seize  his  valise.  W'hcreiipon  that 
harsli.  You  must  not  mind  her,  p'lillenieii.  yoiiii;;  ^jciilleinaii  palienlly  wailed  wilhout  a 
Mic's  only  a  willful  yonii;,'  girl  -  a  spoiled  child  word  till  she  let  ;;o  her  hold.  He  llrii  weiit 
— a  spoilci,     ..Id.  "  on  his  way. 

"  Her  hiiiKiiage  is  a  lillle  strong',"  said  Hut-  Aniviii;;  at  thi;  foot  of  the  slairway  he  ionk- 
tdlis,  "hilt  1  don't  mind  w  hat  .s/(c  says."  ed  hack.      'I  here  was  the  slender   foi  m    (I    ihe 

"You  may  deceive   my    jioor,  kind,  simi'le,    yoiiii;;  (.'irl  (|uivcriiiK  with  ragi;. 
honest,   iinsiispeclinK    lather,"   said    she,  '•  hiil         '•  Addio,  Dolores  1"  in  the  most  moiunfal  of 
yoii  can't  deceive  me."  voices. 

"  I'rohahly  not."  '•  Scilerato  I"   was    tiie   rcs)ioiise,  hi^si  d    out 

'•  l!iittons,  hadn't  we  heltcr  k"  ?      '^idd  Di.k;     from  the  prctliest  of  lips. 
"  si|nahliliiiK  here  won't  heiu'dt  ns.''  The  iic\t   inoiiiiii;,'  ihr  l)oilp'  ('iiih  left   Na- 

'■  W(dl,"    said    ISiiItons,  slow  ly,  and    wilii    a    J  les. 
liri;;erint;  look  at  Didores. 

Milt  as  Dolores  saw  theni  stoo]i  to  take  their 
valises  she  Kjirati;,'  to  the  tloor-way. 

'•  They're  ^'oin;:  I  They 're  piin^'  I"  she  cried. 
"And  they  will  roh  ns.      Stiip  them." 

"Si'.'More,"  said  liutlons,  "here  are  sis  pi- 
(istrcs.  I  leave  thcin  on  ihe  tahlc  Ynii  will 
Ket  no  more.  ll'yoiijiive  me  any  ironhle  I  will 
snninion  yon  hefore  the  police  for  conspiracy 
n;.'ainst  ii  traveller.  You  can't  cheat  iiil'.  Yon 
li'cd  not  try." 

So  sayiii;,',  he  ipii'lly  jdaccd  the  six  piastres 
on  the  tahle,  and  advanced  toward  the  door. 

"  Si;;nore  !  SiKiiorc  I"  cried  thi'  landlord,  and 
ho  jint  liiiiiself  in  his  way.  At  u  si^'n  froin 
Dolores  the  hi;.:  draijooil  caino  also,  and  put 
hiniNclf  lieliind  her. 

"  Yon  siiall  not  ^'o,"  she  cried.  "  Yon  shall 
nevor  pass  thron^'h  this  door  till  ymi  pay. 


\V 


lo  IS  goini;  to  stop  ns  .'    .sail 


Miitti 


'•  .My  father,  and  this  hiave  soldier  who  is 
nrnied,"  said  Dolores,  in  ft  voice  to  which  she 
tried  to  '^\\i.\  i\  terrilie  emphasis. 

"Then  I  he;:  leave  to  say  this  nincli,"  said 
Buttons;  and  he  looked  with  hla/.intr  eyes 


the  f 


ice  of  the 


lirave  soldier 


full 
I  am  not 


a  '  hrave  noldier,'  iind  I  am  not  armed;  hut  my 
friend  and  I  have  paid  our  hills,  and  we  are 
K<)iii;»  thri)n;;li  that  door.  If  yon  thire  to  lay 
Hi)  much  us  the  weight  of  your  lin^'er  on  me  I'll 
vhow  you  how  a  man  can  use  his  lists." 

Now   the   Continentals   have   a  ;;rcat    and    a 
wholesome  dread  of  ill"  Ijiglisli  list,  und  eon- , 


TB.:   liXWe  RllMJlUli. 


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rilAl'l'KU  XVI. 


6!) 


DICK    ItKLATi:-*    A    TAMILV    I.Tdl'M). 


[at  l:ist.jiist  ill  tlie  nick  cf  time,  he  riiliio  nciuss 
II  ilcnil  wlitilc. 

It     WHS    lldiitiii;,'    liiiitiiMi    ii]i\v;iril,   pdvcicil 


'•  H  WHS  lldiitm;,'  iMiitiiMi  ii]i\v;iril,  pdvcicil 
"  DuK,"  said  the  Scniitdr,  as  ilu-y  Tdlli^il  over    wiili  l)iiriiaclcs  of  M-i-y   lai^'*'  '■i'-i'  imli'tiil  ;  ainl 

tlic  I'dMil,  "  s|iiii  u  yarn  Id  lic^iiili!  Ilii;  time."  wiii'iv,  liis  liii^  |irdjcclci|    llicm   wore   two  litlK; 

I  lick  ludkcd  iiinilcsi.  ('(iV(S,  (iiii;  on  each  siilc      Into  the  onit  un  tlai 

'I'll!'  rot  added  their  cut icatics.  Ice-side   lie   ran    his   hoat,  ct'   wliiili   there   was 

"  Oh,  well,"  sail!  Dick,  "  .since  ydii're  so  very    notliin^   lel't.  hut  liie  stiMn  and  sti'rn    and   two 

lir:,'ent  it   wnnld  lie    nnheednlin^;  to  nl'iise.      A    sid(!  planks. 

storv  ?      \V(dl,wlial?      I  « ill  tell  yon  ahont  my  1       '•  .My  j^raiidtatlier  looked   uiion  the  whale  an 

maternal  (^raiicll'.iihir.  j  an   i>hind.      It  was  ii  very  nice  eonnlry  to  oiio 

"  .My   maternal  ^landlatlier,   then,  was  oin'i!    who  had  liecn  so  loii;,'  in  a  hoal,  tlioiij,di  a  little 

.....      I..      Il..ii<r     K'..i.ir      ..II. I     li.i.l     uill'i.il      nil     n     litllii       lliiilii  III  illi  III  w  1   Mil     lii'ut     llilli.r     tli'it     liii     iliil     itiiu 


and  a^ked  him:  i  idnu    jiu    hh.'m-i  tuuiin,  juiu    jiiuvi-udv'M     to     iuum: 

'•'Are  von  the  male?'  i  liim^dr  a   house,  which  he  ilid  hy  whiltliii;,'  up 

"'No.  I'm  the  man  tliat  hoils  the  vniti,'  the  remains  of  the  lont^-lioal,  and  had  enou;^li 
5aid  the  olhi'r,  who  was  also  an  Iiiihman.  lel'l  to  make  a  tahle,  a  ciiair,  and  a  hodl-jiick. 

"  So  he  hail  to  no  lo  the  ealiin,  where  he  So  here  he  stayed,  i|iiile  eonirorlahle.  Cor  t'oily- 
fonnd  the  ca|>lain  and  male  w'ritin;^  (uit  clear-  tliice  da\s  and  ii  hall',  lakiii};  uhservalinns  all 
anee  |ia|iers  Cor  the  cnsloin-house.  |  the  time  with  ;;reat  acenriicy  ;  and  at  the  end 

"'Say,  raplaiii,  will  yon  cross  the  sea  to  ot'ihat  time  all  his  house  was  f;""e,  lor  he  hud 
j'low  tlii^  rimin;;  main  'f'  asked  my  ^randl'ather.       to  cut  it  np  tor  find  to  i k  his  meals,  and  noih- 

"'(»h,  the  ship  il  is  ready  and  ihe  wind  is  in;,'  was  let'i  hiil  half  ol'  the  hoot-jack  and  the 
r.iir  to  pjnw'  Ihe  laKin^' nciin  I'  saiil  llie  captain,  iiar  wiiich  served  to  n|ihiilil  the  lianner  ot'  his 
Of  course  my  uramirathcr  at  om'e  paid  his  fare  coimiry.  i\l  the  iiid  ol  this  time  a  ship  came 
wiihonl  a^kiii'r  cicilil,  and  tlie  amount  was  three    up. 

hnndred   and    tweiilys-viii    dollars   thiity-nine  '• 'i'lie  men  of  the  ship  ili'l  not  know  u  hat  on 

(•"nts.  i  earlh  to  make  ot' this  appearance  on  the  water, 

'•  Well,  ihey   set    sail,  an  i   aller   noin,'    e\er    ulieie  the   .Vmericaii  till;.'  was  llwii);.      So  they 
so  main    thousand  miles,  or  hnndred      1   for;;!!     Iiore  strai^'ht  down  to\\ard  il. 
wiiiih,  hill  il  don't  maJter— a  threat  storm  arose,  i       ''  '  I  see  a  siu:hl  acro-.s  the  sea,  hi  ho  ciieerly 
a  tyjihoon  or  siinooii,  pmliaps  holli  ;  and  alter    men  !'  rcmarkeil  the  captain   lo  the  mate,  in  a 
slowly  );atiierinj;  tip  its  energies  t'or  the.  .space    eonlidential  manner. 
(if  tweiily-ninc  days,  seven  hours,  and  twenty- I       "  '  Methinks   it    is   mv   ouii   eoiinlrie,  hi  ho 

three  tninnlcs,  witlioiu  eoiiiitinj;  the  seconds,  it     cheerly  men  I'  rcjnined  l! ihrr,  ipiiellv. 

Iiiirst  upon   them   at  exactly   t'orly-Iwo  minute',  i        "  '  It  rises  ^rrandly  o'er  the  I  rine,  hi  lioidieer- 
]iast  (ise,  on  the  sixth  day  of  the  week.      Need     |y  men  I'  said  the  captain. 

I  say  that  day  was  Kriday  ?  Now  my  t,'rand- ,  "  •  ,\nd  hears  aloft  oiir  own  en»i_n,  hi  ho 
father  saw  all  the  time  how  it  was  ,i;iiin;i  to  iMid  ;  !  (dieeily  men  I'  said  the  mate, 
and  while  the.  rest  were  prayini;  and  sliriekinj,'  |  '"As  the  shipcamenp  my  ^'landfaliier  placed 
he  had  <'iil  llie  lashiiif^s  of  the  ship's  loliK-hoat  Imth  hands  to  his  month  in  the  shape  of  a  speak- 
and  stayed  there  all  the  time,  liaviii),'  put  on  iii<,'-lrninpcl,  and  cried  out  :  '  Siiip  ahov  acidss 
hoard  till!  nanlieal  instriimenls,  two  or  three  the  \ia\c,  with  a  way-a}-ay-iu-ay  I  Storm 
(isli-liooks,  11   );ross    of  Incifer   matches,  and    a    aloiin  1' 

sanee-pan.      At  last  the  stoi  in  slriick  the  ship,  i       "To  which  the  eaplain  of  the  ship  respond- 
as    I   have   slated,  and  at  the  first  crack  away    ed  through  his  trninpet  :    'Tis  I,  m\   messmiite 
went  the  vess  d  III  the  liottotn,  leavint;  my  ^.'rand-    hold  and  hiave,  w  ilh  a  way-a\  -ay-av-av  I    Sloriii 
f.ilher    (loalinn    alone    on    the    surface    of    the    iiloii;;.'' 
ocean.  |       ''At   lliis  my  t'landf.ither  impiired  :    'What 

"  ,My  urandfaiher  navi^Mied  the  loin:-hoat  ^essel  are  yon  j;ii.linj,' on 'y  I'ray  tell  to  me  iis 
iifty-tAo  days,  three  hours,  mid  menly  minutes    name." 

liy  the  sliip's  chronometer;  can;jht  phtily  of  j  "And  the  captiiin  replied:  '  (  (iir  hark  it  is  il 
tlsli  with  his  lish-hooks;  hoiled  sea-water  in  his  wliahr  hold,  and  .liiiies  the  ea|>tiiin's  mime.' 
HHiice-piin,  and  IioIIimI  all  the  salt  away,  makiii);  j  "Thereupon  the  captain  came  on  hoard  the 
hi*  fire  in  the  hottoni  of  the  hoiit,  which  is  a  wlinle,  or  on  shore,  whieliever  ymi  like-  I  don't 
very  ^ood  place,  for  the  lire  can't  hum  tiiroii^'h  know  whiih,  nor  does  it  matter — he  eatne,  at 
wilhoiit  loneliin^  the  water,  which  it  can't  hum  ;  any  rate.  My  >.'ratiill'allier  shook  hands  with 
and  lindini,'  plenty  ot'  fuel  in  the  lioiil,  which  he  him  and  asked  him  lo  sit  down.  Kiit  tlie  ca]i- 
>.'radiially  disiiiaiilleil,  takiin;lir>l  the  Ihoie-piiis,  tain  declined,  sjiyin^  he  preferred  standint;. 
then  the  seats,  then  the  tatl'rail,  and  soon.  This  "' Well,' said  my  >;ranilfatlier,  '  I  called  on 
sort  of  tiling',  ilionnh,  could  not  last  forever,  :.iid    yon  to  see  if  you  would  like  to  liny  a  whale.' 


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1  LiINIi  A  wii.M.i;. 


1 1 


"  Wii'iil,  vt's,  I  cli.n't  ii.iiul.     I'm  in  that  line 
mysilf.' 
"'"  Wiiat'Il  yon  -ivo  lor  it?' 
"'  Wliiit'll  von  take  for  it  'i' 
"' What'li  yon  ^'ivo  ?' 
"'Wlii\tlIyon  tiikc?' 
'"AVliat'lI  von  give?' 
"  '  Wluii'll  you  take  ?' 
I  give?' 
take  ?' 


give  ?' 


"  '  Wliat'll  voii 


give  : 


take  ?' 
give  ?' 
take  ?' 


I  take?' 

"  Twenty-five  niinntcs  were  taken  tij)  in  the 
repetition  of  tliis  qne:<tit)n,  for  neither  \visiicd  to 
C'omiiiit  iiiniseif. 

"  •  Have  yon  hail  any  oilers  for  it  yet  ?'  asked 
Captain  Jones  at  last. 

"  '  Waal,  no  ;  can't  say  that  I  have.' 

"  '  I'll  give  as  niiicli  as  any  body.' 

•'  '  How  much  ?' 

'"  Wliat'U  you  take?' 

♦"  Whafll  von  give?' 

"  'What'llVon  take?' 


'  Wliiit'll  yon  gi\e  : 


"  '  What'll 


give?' 
fake?' 
give?' 
take?' 


"  '  WhatU  yon  take?' 
I  give?' 
take?' 
give?' 
I  take?' 
"Tiicn  my  grandfather,  after  a  long  delil 
cration,  took  the  captain  hy  the  arm  and  led  ; 
him  all  around,  showing  him   the  country,  as 
one  nniy  say,  enlarging  upon   the  tine  points,  j 
and  doing  as  all  good  traders  are  hound  to  do  | 
when  they  find  tliemgelves  face  to  face  with  a 
customer. 


"To  whi -h  the  end  was  : 

'"Wa'al.  wiialll  you  take?' 

"  'What'll  yon  give?' 

I  give?'         give?' 

<iiivi    .MI  I  "il^e?'         lake?' 

" '  A\  hat  II  vou       .      o.  •      M 

]  give  ?  give  .' 

I  take?'        take?' 

"  '  Well,'  said  my  grandfather,  'I  don't  know 
ns  I  care  ahoiit  trading  after  all.  I  think  I'll 
Wait  till  the  whaling  tieet  comes  along.  I've 
been  waiting  for  them  for  some  time,  and  they 
ought  to  be  here  soon.' 

"  'You're  not  in  the  right  track,'  .said  Cap- 
tain Jones. 

"  '  Yes,  I  am.' 

"  '  Kxeiise  me.' 

"  '  Kx-ciise  JH(,'  said  my  grandfather.  'I 
took  an  observation  just  before  }on  came  in 
sight,  and  I  am  in  hit.  47     22'  2U",  long.  i.")U^ 

\r,' r,r>".' 

"Captain  Jones's  face  fell.  Jly gnuulfather 
poked  him  in  the  ribs  and  smiled. 

" '  I'll  fell  you  what  I'll  do,  us  I  don't  cnre, 
after  all,  about  waiting  here.  It's  a  little  damp, 
and  I'm  subject  to  rheumatics.  I'll  let  yon  have 
the  whole  thing  if  yon  give  nie  twenty-live  per 
cent,  of  the  oil  after  it's  barreled,  barrels  and  r.ll.' 

"The  captain  thought  for  a  moment. 

"  '  You  drive  a  close  bargain.' 

"  '  Of  course.' 

"  '  Well,  it'll  save  a  roynge,  and  flint's  some- 
thing.' 

"  '  .Something  I  Bless  your  heart !  ain't  that 
every  thing?' 

"'Well,  I'll  agree.  Come  on  board,  and 
we'll  nuikc  out  the  jiapcrs.' 


3 


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Till-:  i)():)GK  (Lrn;  ou,  italy  in  Mi);rcLi>:.  55 

"So  my  jrnin  If.itlipr  went  on  Imnnl,  and  tlicy         '■  And  ^lio  caunlit  liiiii  in  Iht  arms. 
in;i(l(!  init  till!  ]iii|H  rs  ;  and  the  slii])  liauli'd  ii]i         "  Hen;  eiuletli  tliu  lir>t  ]jaii  (f  my  ;:ranilfii- 

alon^'sidt;  ot"  tli(!  whale,  and  ilioy  wont  tu  wink  tlicr's  advuntnivs,  but  Ik;  liad  many  mmv,  (^odd 

putlint,'.  and  slasliiii;;,  and  lidi^tin;,',  iilid  Imrn-  and  had;   t'oi  he  was  a  l'emaikal)le  man,  tli()il;,'h 

inn,  and  hnilini.',  and  at  hist,  after  ever  sn  l(m;,'a  I  say  it;  and  if  atiy  of  you  ever  want  to  liear 

time  —  1  don't  rememlier  exaetly  how  loii;,' —  more  about  him,  wiiicli  I  doubt,  all  you've  fjot 

the  oil  was  all  seeiiri'd.  and  my  f;nindfather,  in  to  do  is  to  say  so.     Hut  iierhajis  it's  just  ns  well 

ii  few  mnntlis  aflerwanl,  when    he    landed   ai  to  let  the  old  gentleman  drop,  for  his  adveiit- 

Xantueket  ami  made   ini|uiries,  sold  his  share  nres   were    rather   straii:.'e  ;   but    tlie   narration 

of  the  oil  for  three  thousand  nine,  hundred  ami  of  them  is  not  very  jiroliiable,  luit  tliat  I  f,'o  in 

llfty--ix  dollars  fifty-six  cents,  wliieh  he  at  onec  for  the  utilitarian  theory  of  eouversaliou  ;  b,it  I 

invested  in  business  in  New  liedford,  and  start-  think,  on  the  whole,  thai,  in  storv-tellin^,  lie, 

e  I  oil'  to  I'('nn«ylvania  to  vi>it  his  mothei'.      'i'he  tion  slioidd  bo  jireferred  to  dull  faets  like;  these, 

oil  lady  didn't    know   him    at   all,  he  was   so  and  so  the  next  tiiiiu  I  tell  a  i  tory  J  wii. 
eh  iii^'L'd  by  sun,  wind,  storm,  hardship,  sickness,  '  one  up." 
fali;:iH',  want.  I'xpo^ure.  and  other   thinj^s  of         The  Club  had  listened  to  the 


that  kind.      She  looked  cildly  on  him. 

"  'Who  are  you  ':;'' 

"  '  Don't  you  know  ?' 

'•'No.' 

"'Think.' 

"  '  //(((■(■  ij'iH  a  utraivbcrri/  on  your  iiriii  .'' 

'•'No.' 

'•'Then— you  are — i/on  arc — Yot;  .Mti; — my 
own— mv  lon;:-lost  sun  I' 


story  with  the 
pravity  which  should  be  manifested  toward  one 
who  is  relatiii},'  family  matters.  At  its  close  tho 
Senator jirepared to  speak.  He  cleared  his  throat: 

"  Ahem  !  Gentlemen  of  tho  Club  I  our  ad- 
ventures,  thus  far  avo  not  been  altogether 
contemptible.  •  .  .■  ft  President  and  a  Sec- 
retary ;  ou;,dit  c  also  to  have  a  Kecoidiui; 
Seeretary — a  Historian  ?" 

"  A\  1"  said  all,  very  earnestly, 

"Who,  then,  shall  i"t  be':"' 

All  looked  at  Dick. 

"I  '  :  there  is  but  one  feelin;;  amon;^  ns 
a!!,"  said  the  Senator.  '■ '\'es,  Hichard,  you 
are  the  man.  Your  t;ift  of  lant;uaj;e,  your  fancy, 
your  modesty,  yoin"  fluency —  I'.ut  I  spare  you. 
From  this  time  forth  you  know  your  duty."' 

Overcome  by  this  honor,  Dick  was  coinpidiod 
to  bow  his  thanks  in  silence  and  hide  his  blusli- 
inji  face. 

"  And  now."  said  :\Ir.  Fijrgs.c.ig  -vly,  ••]  want 
to  hear  l/w  I/ii;;fiiis  Sinn/  .'" 

The  Doctor  turned  fri^diifidly  })ale.  Dick 
beptn    to    fdl  his    ]iipe.      The    Senator  looked 

Cuttons  luokid 


said  Mr.  Fi^'pS. 


THE   lA).\(i-LUBl    Ivi 


earnestly  out  cf  tho  window. 
at  the  ccilinp. 

"AVhat's  th'i  matter?' 
;       "What ':'"  asked  Hutions. 

"The  llif^j^ins  Story?" 

The  Doctor  started  to  his  feet.  His  excite- 
ment was  wonderful.     He  clenched  his  list. 

"I'll  (piit  I  I'm  Roing  back.  I'll  join  you 
at  Konic  by  another  route.      I'll — '' 

"  Xo.  you  won't!"  saiil  IJnttons  ;  '•  f'r  on  a 
journey  like  this  it  would  be  aiisiird  to  be^in 
the  Higgiiis  Story." 

"  I'ooh  1"  said  Dick,  '•  it  would  re(iniii'  idne- 
teen  days  at  least  to  get  throuj;li  the  introducto- 
ry jiart." 

"When.  then,  ran  I  hear  it?"   asked  Jlr. 
i  ■I'''ey^j  ill  iwrplcxity. 


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filAl'TKU  XVII. 

NlfinT  ON  TIlll  UOAP.— TIIK  fl.ril  AiSI.Krr.— THEY 
KNTKIt  KIIME.  — TllOICiiirs  ON  Al'l'UOACil  ING 
AM>  LNTliltlMl   "  Tin;  liTEKNAL  tITV." 


i ' 


^ 


to  finil  ft  scrnj)  of  ilie  hist  issue  t.f  Lis  ]  ajier  in 
my  Viilisc.  I  reculk'ctL'i.1  uiv  iiroiiiisc,  uml  I 
tiiuii^'iit  I  niinht  us  well  droji  a  line." 

"  licad  what  von  have  written." 

Ditk  lilii>lu'd  ami  hesitated. 

"  Nonsense  I  (Jo  ahead,  inv  boy  I"  said  llut- 
tons. 

WluTcuiion  Diek  cleared  his  throat  and  Ic- 

.i:an : 

"  v.KMv.  Miiy  :■",  \^:m. 
"  Mil.  KniTnn — Tlnnm  in  n  PiiJijcrt  uliicl]  Im  initlur  i.n- 
ii.li.Ti.-tiiij;  iiur  ulii'ii  tu  llii-  |iri.-.iit  iii;.." 

"  Tliat'.s  a  fact,  or  you  wouldn't  he  here  writ- 
ing it,"  remarked  IJiittons. 

'•  III  Innkirj:  <iV(T  llic  ivist.  mil-  viow  in  t'  n  i.flcn  liniiiid- 
I'll  liy  tlir  Miilillv  .S'.c-'.  We  ciiisiilcr  iliiit  |iMi"il  ii.^  Ili  • 
cliiicpH  III  till'  iiiciiliiii  will  111,  mIh'ii  it  lay  cmvu-hI  a.  illi 
i'aikii('i<,  until  ll.u  l.cfunu  vaiw  i:iiil  .s.iiil,  '  l.it  tlii.ru  bj 
liylit!"' 

"  llang  it,  Dick!  be  original  or  be  mitliinj:." 

'•  Y(  t,  if  till-  lifo  iif  llio  woilil  lif  gfin  iiiiyn  In  ri>.  it  wii.j 
ill  Iti'iiir.     AM-yriii  ia  ii'jlliiiig  to  Iliu.     llgv  pt  is  Liit  u  f lu  t- 

'•if  you  only  linJ  cnouj;!i  funds  t"  carry  yi  n 
there  you'd  change  your  tune.     IJiit  go  on." 

'•  I'.iit  lioiiii'  ni-jji'S  liifiirp  nip  n.J  llii'  jiiirciit  nf  ll;i'  Intf  r 
liiiii'.      Ilv  111  r  ll;i'  iilil  liiittlu<  lirl\vii-!i  I'l.  irli'iii  anil  I  >i  r. 

I "  it  i- 111   WITI'  I'nilvllt    I  'llj;  ll^'li.  Mini  111''  Inllllri  lllnl  prillci  Jill  .•< 

"(  I.ilii'ity  r.wi  !•  fi'Uli.  I'l  jiiij.'^,  liiiiiil  iiiiiiiy  viii.-nitiuic-, 
iloHii  III  u  ne« -biiiii  day." 

"  'J'licre  !      I'm  coming  to  the  jioint  now  I" 

"About  time,  I  imagine.     The  editor  will 

get  into  (!cs]iair.'' 

'• 'I'lii'ii'  i.-*  Iiiit  nno  fillinir  niipi'iiMrli  In  IImiih'.  I'.y  niiy 
■  till  V  hihI  111.-  iii-.jr  ty  it  till'  OM  l'.-|,it:l  i-  In.-;  in  thi'  li'.-i'- 
ir  t;riiiiiliur  c  I' '111'  Mflii  v.iU  iiy.  Wlm  \ .}  u'  r-- tlii'ir  lit 
liiiii  (Mine  iiji  fiijiii  N."|iliK  iiirl  iiiKr  liv  ti.i'  .1i.miik.iIi  m 
Cute." 


'Wliv.   there's   no 


CILMTKIi  XVIIL 

A     LETTER    BT     DICK,    AM)    flilTItlSMS    OF    HIS 
ri(Ii;M>S. 

Tiir.Y  took  lodgings  near  the  I'iazza  di  Spng- 
na.  This  is  the  best  ]ii\rt  of  Kome  to  live  in, 
which  every  traveller  w  ill  acknow  ledge.  Among 
other  advantages,  it  is  iierlians  the  only  clean 
spot  ill  the  Capital  of  C'hristeiKloin. 

Their  lodgings  were  jieculiar.  Descrijition  is 
quite  unnecessary.  Tlicy  were  not  discovered 
widioiit  toil,  and  not  secured  without  warfare. 
(Ince  in  ])ossession  they  had  no  reason  to  com- 
plain. True,  the  conveniences  of  civilized  life 
do  not  exist  there — but  who  dreams  of  conven- 
ience in  Kome  ? 

On  the  evening  tif  their  arrival  thoy  were  sit- 
ting in  the  Senator's  room,  which  was  used  as 
the  general  ren^.^'zvous.  Dick  \vas  diligeuily 
writing. 

"Dick,"  said  the  Senator,  "what  nr3  yon 
nhout  ?'' 

"Well,"  said  Dick,  "the  fact  is.  I  just  hap- 
pened to  rememlier  that  wiieii  I  left  home  the 
editor  of  the  village  jiaper  wished  me  to  write 
occasionally.  I  jiromised,  and  he  at  once  pub- 
lished the  fact  in  cnormtiiis  cajiitnls.  I  never 
thought  of  it  till  this  evening,  whrn  I  liappcmd 


"Jeriisaleni    f.ddlcstitks  I 
such  gate!'' 

"Til  TO  till'  vrry  spirit  nf  Aiilii.iiily  f\>'  riillin  nol  to 
wclciiiiii'  ilii'  travcili'r,  anil  all  tln'  tn.li  inn  I'l-ft  ^lll'l!.■^  lur 
iulliit'nccs  ovi:r  his  ^Olll— " 

"  Excuse  me  ;  there  is  a  Jerus;d(.ni  Gate." 
"  I'erhaiis  so — in  Jojipa." 

I  "TliPiv  till'  Iniprriivl  City  lim  in  Itic  fiililiiiiity  of  ruin. 
It  U  till'  lliiiiir  nf  I'lir  ili'iaiiiM — llic  ^:llll.-t  nl  a  il.iiil  iiii.l 
biii'ii'il  rnipiiT  liini'iini;  over  its  uh  u  ln•^:ll'l  0  il  tri'iive  !" 

"  Dick,  it's  not  fair  to  work  oil'  an  old  college 
essay  as  Eurojican  correspundctice." 

I  "•  Nntliiiii;  limy  be  pi'I'H  but  di'i'.ilatioii.  Tin'  wnilr  C:ini- 
li:i|,'im  i-iri'tcln'«  it.-<  ariilHiirlare  away  I"  ihi'  Alliaii  iiiuiiiit- 
aiii^<,  uiiinliabitcd,  nml  fiirsaktii  uf  man  anil  luvisl.  1".  r 
tliii  iliint  anil  tbe  wnrkii  anil  the  niiinuiiiinis  i  f  inillinn.'*  lio 
liere,  iningliil  ill  the  cuiiininli  Ciiriii|itiiill  nf  tin  Imnh,  nml 
tlie  life  iiftlie  prer>ent  ajje  plirii.kri  awny  in  leiTiir.  I  iiiii; 
Vn  8  i.f  liiftv  luiiiediirts  cnnie  cliwly  I'mvn  fnnii  llie  Alhall 
liill.-',  but  the-Je  criinibli'il  Ktnnes  and  bii  k.  ii  uiiliis  tell  a 
stiirv  iiiiiie  iliKim  lit  than  human  veiee. 

I      "The  walh  iiii.ie  liefure  n-<.  but  llieie  i^  no  lity  beyiiiid. 

'  The  lUHiibitiim  lliat  reiiiiis  in  the  Caiepauiia  Iiiim  entered 
here.  The  palace  nf  the  nolile.  the  haiiiii,-  nf  pleasure,  the 
le^nrtH  nf  the  niiiltitiide,  the  frai  ri-mii  nf  the  ^^i  Idier,  have 
eiiiiiiblid  to  ilii-.t,  and  niiiiKh'd  lo-'ether  in  niie  rnmniKJI 
ruin.  The  Knil  mi  "liii'li  we  tn  ad.  nniih  }.'ive<  birth  to 
trei  n,  iliriihK,  and  hIM  t|n«er-<  withmit  niiiiibir,  Ik  but  nil 
iMeiiiblap'  if  the  di-inti'iirnleil  atniiiJ  i.f  stniie.i  and  Iiinrtar 
that  niieii  aiiwe  on  liiiii  in  Hie  fonii  nf  piilme,  pyramid,  or 
temple." 

"  Dick,  I  advise  yon  to  write  all  ymir  letters 
liefnre  ymi  see  tlio  places  you  speak  of.  You've 
nil  idea  how  eloquent  yon  can  bel" 

••  N'liM-  if  «e  pass  on  in  thi."  dirertinn,  «r  PO«'i  mine  to  a 
»pnt  whiih  i.H  the  c'litii'  nf  the  Hnrld— the  p!ar  •  wliero 
Hint  nf  all  we  must  look  when  we  mil  rli  for  the  miurcj  of 
niuili  that  is  valuable  in  our  age. 


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THE  DUDGE  CLUB ;  OK,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


67 


i 


"  It  l«  a  riido  nnd  a  noplectcd  opot.  At  one  ond  rl.ipa  ft 
rock  ciiiwikhI  with  1iiiii.''l's  ;  on  diic^iMi'mi'  ii  few  mi  iincili- 
flci'!',  iniiiK'li'd  with  iim.H^ci  uf  i.ittiTiiit;  niiii.s ;  mi  tlu'  ntlicr 
n  liill  I'MiMfil  nltciKulliiT  of  cnimMi'd  iitomn  of  brick.s  inor- 
tar,  mid  inucioiH  iiinrliluH.  In  tlir  iiiid.-'t  nro  ii  fi'W  riiii^;!! 
rcliimiH  Mackoni'd  liy  tiim'  nnd  cxim-'Uio.  Tlio  Hi)il  i.s 
dec)),  iind  in  pliiri'.s  tlicM'c  art'  pits  win Ti'  cxravntiolis  Imvi! 
liCiii  Miiidc.  l;iil)l)isli  licsariiiind  :  liit' "f  Htraw,  and  (;rasrt, 
and  liay,  ami  diM'aycd  lialliiT,  and  lu-ikin  Imttli-',  and  ulil 
linnet.  A  few  diity  Hlicplicrdw  piii<s  almiu,  drivlnir  Iran  and 
iiii-(  lalili'  sliccp.  rnrilur  np  U  a  cliir'tir  of  Hiue-caiis, 
Willi  '^till  ni.ii-i'  cnriniiJ  lii.r-i'-'  and  drivei-H. 

"What  U  fUU  plafi'V— what  t\\"^i'  niin",  tlir^n  fallen 
mnniMiicnt:<,  thivo  houiy  uivhu.-',  tliu.-u  ivy-covi!iud  wall.i  / 
Vliat?     TliiiH— 

"  '  riii>  fl.M  ..f  frivilnni,fnrll..n.f.lino,  nu<]  Miiml  ; 
Urn-  II  ItntlHl  lK'>i|ili''«  piisHiMii-*  wtTi-  rxliult;>l, 
Frniu  tin-  lirHt  h.'tir  nf  Kinpin-  in  ill'-  hii'l 
Tn  that  wlifii  I'lirthiT  wiirl'h  tu  t-Mnnticr  fiiilt'il  ; 

'rill'  l-'irilin  wIiiTf  till'  iiiiiiiMitiil  at liN  k'""'. 

Ami  >lill  the  il."|iu'tit  air  Iir    itlics.  Ijurn-*  with  Cicero  !* 
"  Vi'l  if  yon  uo  ii])  to  one  if  tlin^'c  pinpln  and  a.-k  this 
f|>io^liiiii,  he  will  nniovir  ymi  and  t.U  yun  tliu  lUily  nanio 
lie  knows—'  The  Ci'if  Maik'l  "" 

"  Is  tliat  iill  ?"  iiii|iiired  Iiiittons,  as  Dick  laid 
down  his  pajiL'!'. 

'■  That's  nil  I've  written  as  ypt." 

AVh('icii]ioii  IJiitlmis  I'laiiiii'il  liis  haiul>  to  cx- 
lii-e>s  Mppiniisf,  ami  all  ihu  i.thcrs  laiigliiii;;!_v  ful- 
iowL'il  his  cxaniiiK'. 

"Dicii,"  saiil  the  Soiiatiir,  after  a  pause, 
"  wliat  you  liave  wiitteii  soiiiuls  jirctty.  ISat 
loolc  at  tlie  facts.  Here  you  iiro  writing  a  de- 
scription of  Home  before  ymi'vc  seen  any  tiiini; 
of  the  ]ilace  at  all.  All  tiiat  you  have  put  in 
that  letter  is  wliai  ^ou  have  read  in  liouks  of 
travel.  I  mention  this  not  fiom  Maine,  hut 
merely  to  show  what  awron;;  )'rineiple  travellers 
po  on.  They  don't  notice  real  live  facts.  Now 
I've  jiroinised  the  editiu"  of  our  iiajicr  iv  letter. 
As  soon  as  I  write  it  I'll  read  it  for  you.  The 
style  won't  ho  e(piiil  to  yours.  Hut,  if  I  write, 
I'll  he  hound  to  till  something'  new.  Seiili- 
mcut,"  pursued  the  Senator,  tliouf^htfully,  '"is 
]ilayin^  the  dieken^  with  the  present  ai;e.  What 
wo  ouf;ht  to  look  at  is  not  old  ruins  or  pictures, 
but  men— men — live  men.  I'd  rather  visit  the 
cotta.Lje  of  an  Haliau  jieasaut  than  any  church  in 
the  country.  I'd  rather  see  the  working;  of  the 
political  constitution  of  this  'ere  beniohted  land 
than  any  paintin;,'  you  can  show.  Horse-shoes 
before  ancient  stones,  and  macaroni  before  stat- 
ues, say  I !  For  these  little  ihinns  show  me  all 
the  life  of  the  iieojilo.  If  I  only  understood  their 
cursed  linKo,"said  the  Senator,  with  a  tin^e  of 
rcprct,  "I'd  rather  stand  and  hear  them  talk  by 
the  hour,  particidarly  the  women,  than  listen  to 
the  ]iooticst  music  they  can  scare  u])!" 

"I  tried  that  game,"  said  Mr.  Eipps,  rueful- 
ly, "ill  Naples.  I  went  into  a  broker's  shop  to 
tlianpe  a  Naiwleon.  I  tlioupht  I'd  like  to  see 
their  linancial  system.  I  saw  enouKh  of  it ;  for 
the  scoundrel  pave  me  a  lot  of  little  hits  of  coin 
that  only  passeil  for  a  few  cents  ajiiece  in  Naples, 
with  dilliculty  at  that,  and  won't  pass  here  at 
all!'' 

The  Senator  laughed.  "  Well,  you  shouldn't, 
complain.  You  lost  your  Napoleon,  but  gained 
experience.  You  have  a  new  wrinkle.  I  gained 
a  new  wrinkle  too  when  I  gave  a  half-Naj)oleon, 
by  mistake,  to  a  wretched  looking  beggar,  blind 
of  one  eye.     I  intended  to  give  him  a  centime." 

"Your  prineiiile,"  said  Hnttons,  "does  well 


enough  for  you  as  a  traveller.  Hut  you  doti't 
look  at  all  the  jioints  of  the  subject,  'i'lie  jioint 
is  to  write  a  letter  for  a  newsjiapcr.  Now  what 
is  the  inost  successful  kind  of  letter  ?  The  read- 
ers of  a  family  pajier  are  notoriously  women  and 
young  men,  or  lads.  Older  men  only  look  at 
the  advertisements  or  the  news.  What  do 
women  and  lads  care  for  hoise-shoes  and  miu'a- 
roni?  Of  course,  if  one  were  to  write  about 
these  things  in  a  huinorous  style  they  would 
take;  Imt,  as  a  general  thing,  they  prefer  to  read 
about  old  ruins,  and  statues,  and  cities,  and  jiro- 
ccssions.  Hut  the  best  kind  of  a  corrcsiiondenco 
is  that  which  deals  altogether  in  adventures. 
That's  what  takes  the  mind  !  Incidents  cf  trav- 
cl,  lights  with  rntlians,  (juarrcls  w  ith  landlords, 
shipwrecks,  robbery,  odd  scrajies,  laughablo 
scenes ;  and  Dick,  my  boy  I  when  you  write 
again  be  sure  to  liU  your  letter  with  events  of 
this  .sort." 

"Hut  sujiiiose,"  suggested  Dick,  meekly, 
"  that  we  meet  with  no  ruHians,  and  tliere  are  no 
adventures  to  relate '!" 

"  Then  use  a  traveller's  privilege  and  invent 
them.  What  was  imagination  given  for  if  not 
to  use  ?" 

"It  will  not  do — it  will  not  do,"  said  the  Sen- 
ator, decidedly.  "  Ymi  must  hold  ou  to  facts. 
Information,  not  amusement,  should  he  your 
aim." 

"  Hut  informntion  is  dull  by  itself.  Amuse 
nient  jierhajis  is  useless.  Now  how  much  bet- 
ter to  combine  the  utility  of  solid  infirination 
with  the  lighter  graces  of  aninsement,  fun,  and 
fancy.  Your  pill.  Doctor,  is  hard  to  take, 
though  its  effects  are  good.  Coat  it  with  sugar 
and  it's  easy." 

"What  I"  exclaimed  the  Doctor,  suddenly 
starting  up.  '■  I'm  not  asleep  I  Didyousjieak 
to  me  V 

The  Doctor  blinked  and  rubbed  his  eyes,  and 
wondered  what  the  comjiany  were  laughing  at. 
In  a  few  minutes,  however,  he  coiicliuled  to  re- 
sume his  broken  slumber  in  his  bed.  He  accord- 
iiigly  retired  ;  and  the  comi.any  fidlowcd  his  ex- 
ample. 


CHAITEU  XIX. 

ST.  pnTr:ii'.*I  —  tiir  tkaok;  .st<»uv  or  the  f\t 

.MAN  IN  TIIK  IIM.I,.  —  HOW  ANOTIIDIl  TKACilCDV 
NE.VUI.Y  IIAl'riiNt:!). — TUE  WOES  or  .MEIMIEKIt 
SCUATT. 

Two  stately  fountains,  a  colonnade  which  in 
sjiito  of  faults  possesses  tinecpialled  majesty,  ft 
'  vast  i)iazza,  enclosing  many  acres,  in  whose  im- 
mense area  puny  man  dwindles  to  a  dwarf,  and 
in  the  distance  the  nnaiiiiroaehable  glmies  of 
j  the  greatest  of  earthly  temjiles — such  is  the  first 
'  view  of  St.  I'cter's. 

!      Our  party  of  friends  entered  the  lordly  vesti- 

■  bule,  and  lifting  the  heavy  mat  that  hung  over 

j  the  door-way  they  jiassed  through.     There  camo 

tt  soft  air  laden  with  the  odor  of  incense;  and 

strains  of  music  from  one  of  the  siile  chapels 

came  echoing  dreamily  down  one  of  the  side 


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I 


nislcs.  A  j;liirc  of  sunlight  flnshed  in  on  pol-  n  ncvcr-ccnsinp  siiiiply  of  water.  It  was  ilfli- 
iMicil  marlili'S  of  ii  llioiisanil  colors  that  covi'rcil  piilt  to  com'civc  tliat  tliis  was  tlio  roof  of  n  liuilil- 
jiillars,  walls,  ami  iiaveiiuMit.     Tlio  vaulted  ceil-    inj;. 

iiij;  liliizctl  with  nohl.  IVojilc  strolled  to  and  Knterinp  the  base  of  flic  mitral  cn|i(pla  a 
flu  witliuut  any  aiipareiit  object.  'J'liey  seemed  stairway  leads  ii]).  Tiiere  is  a  door  wliieli  lead* 
to  bo  iironienailint;.     In  dilVorent  jdaees  some    to  the  interior,  where   one  can  walk  around  u 

nailery  on  the  iiisiilc  of  the  dmne  ami  look  down. 
Further  u|i  wliere  the  arch  s|iriii;,'s  there  is  an- 
other. l'"iiial!y,  at  the  apex  of  llie  duine  then! 
is  a  thinl  openiiu'.  Loikiiij;  down  tlirou{;li  this 
the  sensation  is  teirif.e. 

I'i'.on  the  siiinmit  (jf  the  vast  dmno  stiinds  an 


jieasiiut  women  were  kneeliii),'. 

'I'hey  walked  up  the  nave.  '\'\\k  si/e  of  the 
immen>e  ediliee  increased  with  every  step. 
.\rriviufi  under  tiie  ihnne  they  stood  locking'  up 
with  boiiudless  astonishment. 

Tiiey  walked  round  and  mnml.  They  saw  ] 
statues  which  were  masterpieces  of  genius;  ediliee  of  lar^e  size,  which  is  called  the  lanicrn, 
s;ulptures  ih.it  ;;lowcd  with  iinnicirial  beauty  ;  and  apjiears  insi^'iiitieaut  in  coniparison  with 
]iictiires  whiili  had  cunsuiued  a  lire-time  as  they  the  inif.;lity  stnieliirc  bcieath.  I'p  this  \\\\ 
};rew  up  In^neath  the  ]iatient  tuil  of  the  inosaie  stairway  poes  until  at  length  the  oiiening  into 
worker.       There  were  altars  Cdntainiii^;   (.'ems    the  ball  is  reaehed. 

C(|iiul  to  a  kinp's  ransom  ;  curious  piilars  that  The  whole  five  clinibod  np  into  tlic  ball, 
came  down  from  iniincinorial  apes  ;  lamps  that  They  found  to  their  surjni.-e  that  it  wiuild  hold 
burn  fiirever.  I  twice  as  many  more.     The  Senator  reached  uj) 

'•Tins,"  said  the  Senator,  "is  about  the  first    his  haml.      He  cmild  imt  touch  the  to)).      They 
place  that  has  really  conic  nji  to  my  idee  of  for-    looki'd  throujih  the  slits  in  the  siile.     The  view 


t'ign  |.arts.      In  tact  it  pues  clean  bi'youd  it.      I 
acknowledge   its  superiority  to  any  thin;;  that 


w;is  bonmlless;     the  wide  Campapna,  the  ]'ur- 
]ile  Aiienuines,  the  blue  Mediterranean,  aj'iiear- 


Ameriea  can  |iroduce.  15nt  what's  the  pood  of  cd  from  ditl'erent  sides. 
it  all  ?  If  this  (iovernment  really  cared  for  the  j  "  I  feel,"  said  the  Senator,  "that  the  conceit 
pood  of  the  people  it  would  sell  (ait  the  hull  is  taken  <mt  of  me.  AVhat  is  Hoston  State 
ctincerii.  ami  devote  the  ]iniceeds  to  railways  House  to  this ;  <a"  Bunker  Hill  niouimient !  I 
n'ld  faetniies.  Then  Italy  would  po  ahead  as  used  to  see  ]iictnres  of  this  ]d;ice  in  Woodbrid;:p'8 
I'rovidenee  intended."  i  (ieopra)ihy ;   but  I  never  had  a  realizinp  seiiso 

"My  dear  Sir,  the    jicojde   of  this  country    of  architecture  until  now." 


would  rise  ami  annihilate  any  Govcnrincnt  that 
dared  to  touch  it." 

"  Shows    how    deba.scd    they    have    prown. 


"This  ball,"  said  IJuttons,  "lias  its  history, 
its  associations.  It  has  lieen  the  scene  of  suf- 
ferinp.     Once  a  stoutish   man  came   up  here. 


There's  no  utility  in  all  this.     There  couldn't    The  puides  warned  him,  but  to  no  p.urpose.     Ho 
be  any  really  pood  (iospel  preachinp  here.  ]  was  ii  willful  Ku;:lishman.      Yon  may  see,  pen- 

"  Ditl'erent  ]peo]de  re(iuire  ditl'erent  modes  of  tlenieii,  that  the  opeuinp  is  narrow.  How  the 
worship,"  said  ISuttons,  sentcntiously.  j  Kiiplishinan  manaped  to  pet  up  docs  not  a]  pear; 

"  15ut  it's  immense," saiil  the  Senator,  as  tlicy  hut  it  is  certain  that  when  he  tried  to  pet  down 
stood  at  the  furthest  end  and  looked  toward  the  he  found  it  iin]iossible.  He  tried  for  hours  to 
entrance.  "  I've  been  calc'latin'  that  yon  ciuild  i  scpice/e  throiiph.  Xo  use.  Hundreds  of  ]ieo- 
i-anpe  alonp  this  middle  aisle  about  eiphteen  jile  came  up  to  help  him.  They  couldn't.  The 
pood-sized  I'rotestiint  ehnrehes.  and  eiphteen  whole  city  pot  into  a  state  (f"ilil  cxeiienieut, 
more  nloiip  the  side  aisles.  Yon  could  i>ile  Some  of  the  churches  had  ]irayers  (iU'ered  np 
them  nj)  three  tiers  liiph.  You  could  stowaway  for  him  thoiiph  he  was  a  heretic.  At  the  end 
twenty-f<nir  innre  in  the  cross  aisle.  After  tliiit!  of  three  days  he  tried  npaiii.  Fustinp  and 
yon  could  pile  nj)  twenty  more  in  the  dome.  !  anxiety  had  come  to  his  relief,  anil  he  slijijieJ 
That  wonlit  niaki?  room  here  for  (nie  hundred  throuph  without  ditliculty." 
and  tilty-two  pood-sized  rrotestant  ehnrehes.'  "  He  must  have  been  a  London  swell,"  saiJ 
and  room  enoupli  would  bo  left  to  stow  away  all  Dick, 
their  spires."  "I    don't   believe   a  word   of  it,"  said  Mr. 

And  to  show  the  truth  of  his  calculation  he  |  Fipps,  looking  with  an  expression  of  lun-ror, 
exhibited  a  piece  of  paper  on  which  he  had  ]icn-  J  first  at  the  openinp  ami  then  nt  his  own  rotiind- 
cilled  it  all.  ity.     Then  sjiringing  forward  he  hurriedly  be- 

If  the  interior  is  iinposinp  the  ascent  to  the  ;  pan  to  descend, 
roof  is  eipially  so.  There  is  a  windinp  path  so  j  Haiijiy  Mr.  Fipps!  There  was  no  danpcr 
nrranped  that  mules  can  po  nj)  cnrryiiip  lotids.  I  for  him.  Hut  in  his  eagerness  to  pet  down  ho 
Up  this  they  went  ami  reached  the  roof.  Six  .  did  not  think  of  looking  below  to  see  if  the  way 
or  seven  acres  of  territory  snatched  from  the  was  clear.  And  so  it  hajiiiened,  that  as  ho  de- 
air  sjiread  around ;  statues  rose  from  the  edge ;!  sccnded  quickly  and  with  excited  haste,  lie 
nil  around  cujiolas  and  pillars  arose.  In  the  stepjicd  with  all  his  weight  npon  the  hand  of  a 
centre  the  huge  dome  itself  towered  on  liipli.    man  who  was  coming  up.    The  stranper  shouted. 


There  was  a  long  low  building  filled  with  jieo- 
jde  who  lived   up  here.      They  were  workmen 


Mr.  Fipps  jumped.       His  foot   slipped.       His 
hand  loosened,  and  down  he  fell  jdump  to  tlio 


whose  duty  it  was  to  attend  to  the  repairs  of  '  bottom.     Had  he  fallen  on  the  floor  there  is  no 
the  vast  structure.     Two  fountains  ptmred  forth    doubt  that  he  would  have  sustained  severe  in- 


Tin:  i)()i)-n:  club;  ou,  italy  in  mdccclix. 


S9 


jury,  rortimatcly  for  himself  ho  fell  upon  the  every  niitiinm  to  I'luis  to  s]i('ciilntc  mi  tho 
siniiif^cr  iiml  nearly  ('ru.--liei.l  his  life  out.  Mour-c,  utul    ;;enuriilly   iiuule   l'mouj;1i    to   keej) 

The  >tniii)4i'r  writhed  ami  rolled  till  he  had  him  for  a  year.  He  was  aciiiiaiutcd  with  all 
pot  rid  of  his  heavy  hurdcn.  'J'he  two  nun  ihe  artists  in  Koine.  Would  they  like  to  he  in- 
xiniultaiK'otisly  starti'd  to  their  feet.  The  stran-  trodneed  to  some  of  tjicni  ? 
per  was  11  short  stout  man  with  an  iinmistaka- 1  IJnttons  would  he  most  chnrniod.  He  would 
hie  (iernian  face,  lie  had  liri;^ht  hlue  eyes,  red  rather  heeom,"  nequaintcd  witli  artists  than  wiili 
liair,  an  I  11  forked  red  heard.      Ih;  stared  with    any  class  of  jieojile. 

all  his  nii;;lit,  stroked  liis  fcjrked  red  heard  jiitc-  ;  Meinherr  .'•'ehatt  lamented  dceiily  tho  jiresont 
ously,  ami  thi'U  ejaculated  most  pntturally,  in  state  of  tliiiips  arisin;;  from  the  war  in  Loni- 
tones  tliat  seemed  to  eome  from  his  Loots —  Imrdy.    A  iieacefiil  (ieiman  traveller  was  searie- 

"  (ih-h-h-r-r-r-r-r-aeious  me  1"  '  ly  safe  now.     Little  hoys  made  faces  at  him  in 

Mr.  l-'ipgs  overwhelmed  him  with  njiolopics,  '  the  .street,  nnd  shouted  after  him,  "iluledetto 
assured  him  that  it  was   (|uitc    unintentional.    Te<leseho!'' 

hn|ieil  that  he  wasn't  hurt,  l'e;.'ped  his  jmrdoii ;  Just  at  this  moment  the  eye  of  Unttons  was 
hilt  the  stranger  only  iianted.  ami  still  he  stroked  attracted  hy  ft  carriape  that  rolh'd  away  from 
his  forked  red  heard,  and  still  ejaculated —  under  the  front  of  the  cathedral  down  the  ])i«z- 

"  (ih-li-li-r-r-r-r-r-acions  me  1''  ::.i.      In  it  were  two  ladies  and  a   peiitleiuan. 

Four    heads    i)eered    lhrou;,'h    the    openinp    Uuttons  stareil  eagerly  for  a  few  moments,  and 
nhovc  ;  hilt  seein;,'  no  nceiilen'  'heir  owners,  one    then  pnvc  a  .jump, 
hy  one,  desecinled,  and  all  with  innch  Minjiathy        "  What's  the  matter?"  cried  Dick, 
asked  tlie  stranpcr  if  he  was  much  hurt.      lint 
tli(!  straiipcr,  who  seemed  (|Mite  ticwildered,  still 
pantccl  :ind  stroked  his  heanl,  and  ejuciilated— 


It  is 


"(iii-ii-h-r-r-r-r-r-acious  nie :  ' 

At  leiipth  he  seemed  to  recover  his  faculties. 


'•It  is!      Uv.Iove! 
"What?     Who?" 
"  I  see  her  face!      I'm  olV!" 
"t'onl'ound  it!     Whose  face?" 
I5ut  Uuttons  pave  no  answer. 


He  was  ofT 


and  discovered  that  he  was  not  hurt.       Upon  like  the  wind,  and  hefore  the  others  could  re- 

this   lie   assured  Mr.  Fi.'ps,  in    li'Mvy  puttural  cover  from  their   surinise  had  vunished  down 

rjit.'li^li,  that  it  was   notliiu;^'.        lie   had   ol'teii  the  descent. 

h;'.'ii  kiiiick'd  down  helore.      If  Mr.  Fipps  were  '"What    ii]>on   airth    has    jiossessed  Duttous 

a  l''renelmiaii,  he  would  leel  aiipry.      IJiit  as  he  now?"  asked  the  Senator, 

was   an  Aineriean    he  was  proud    to  make  his  '■  It  must  he  the  Spanish  pirl,"  said  I  lick, 

a  iinaiutaiiee.       II.',  himself  had  once  lived   in  i       "Apain?     Hasn't  his  mad  chase  at  sea  piven 

Am.'riea,  ill   Cincinnati,  where    he   had  edited  himalesson?    Spanish  pirl!    What  is  he  after? 

a  (ierniaii   jiajicr.      His   name    was   Meiidierr  If  he  wants  a  pirl,  why  can't  he  wiiit  ami  jiick 

Schatt.  out  a  regular  thorouph-hred  out  and  outer  of 

Meinherr  Seliatt  showed  no  farther  dispnsi-  Yankee  stock?      These  Spaniards  are  nut  the 

tion  to  po  up;    hut  ileseeiided  with  the  others  riplit  sort." 

down  as  far  as  the  root",  when  they  went  to  the  |      In  an  incredihle  short  .sjiacc  of  time  the  fipuie 

front  and  stood   lookinp  down   on   the  piazza,  of  nnttoiis  was  seen  dashinp  down  tho  jiiazza. 

In  the  course  of  conversation  Meinhcrr  Schatt  in  the  directiiui  which  the  carriape  had  taken, 

iiifornu'il  them  that  he  liclouped  to  the  Duchy  Ihit  the  carriape  was  f;ir  ahead,  ami  even  as  he 

of  Sa.\c  Meininpeu,  that  he  had  heen  living;  in  Ict't  the  church  it  had  already  cros>eil  the  I'onte 

Ikonio  ahoiit   two   y-ars,  and   liked   it  ahout    as  di    S.    Aiipelo.        The   otliers    then    descended, 

well  as  any  jdace  that  he  had  seen.      He  went  Uuttons  was  not  seen  till  the  lud  of  the  day. 


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II 


He  then  made  his  nppcnrancc  with  a  dijoctcd 
air. 

«'  What  hick  ?"  nskcd  Dick,  as  he  cnmo  in. 

*'  None  nt  all,"  said  nuttons,  gluoniily. 

"  Wroii;;  (iiics  nuiiiii  ?' 

"  Nt),  iiiilouil.  I'm  not  mistaken  tliis  time. 
But  I  coiiKln't  catcii  tlicni.  Tliey  j;<)t  out  of 
siniif,  and  ki'iit  tint  too.  I've  l)upn  to  c\cry 
hotul  in  tlic  jilacu,  hut  couldn't  find  thcni.  It's 
too  Iiad.'' 

'•  IJiittons,''  said  the  ."^'cnatdr,  pravcly,  "  I'm 
sorry  to  sec  a  yonn^'  inaii  like  you  so  inliitiiatcil. 
Hewarc — Buttons— l)e\varc  ofwinnnin!  Take 
tlie  advice  of  an  older  and  more  cxjicrionced 
man.  Ik'ware  of  wimniin.  \Vlit'never  you  see 
one  comiuK — doilf;e  !  It's  your  only  ho]ic.  If 
it  hadn't  been  for  \vininiin'' — and  the  Senator 
seemed  to  speak  half  to  himself,  while  his  face 
assumed  a  ]ieiisive  air— "if  it  hadn't  been  for 
wnninin,  I'd  been  liaranpuinK  the  ].et,'islatoor 
now,  instead  of  wcaryiii)»  my  Itoncs  in  this  be- 
nighted and  enslaved  country." 


CII/.  I'TKIl  XX.  I 

the;  cii.oitv,  r;iiAM>Etn,  heai'tv,  and  iNriMTK 
VAiirivrv  (II'  TiiK  riNciAN  nir.i,;  NAUi<Ari;i) 
AND  iii;t\ii.i;i)  not  ttu.i  mnauii.v  ncT  i:x- 
iiAisTivi;i,v,  AND  afteh  the  manneu  of  ua- 

IIEI.AIS.  j 

Oif,  the  I'incian  Hill  I— Docs  the  memory  ^■^' 
that  ]ilMce  ali'ect  all  alike':'  Whether  it  does 
or  not  matters  little  to  the  chronicler  of  this 
veracious  history.  To  liim  it  is  the  crown  and 
plory  of  modeiii  Home  ;  the  centre  around  which 
all  Uome  clusters,  Dcdinhtfid  walks  I  Views 
without  a  iiarallel  I  Place  on  earth  to  which 
no  place  else  can  hold  a  candli; !  I 

I'ooh — what's  the  use  of  talkiuf;?  Contem- 
plate, ()  Ujader,  from  the  I'lneiau  Hill  the  fol- 
lowinK : 

The  Titur,  Tlio  I'rmiiinpnn,  Tlio  Aqiii'iliKf,  Tiajin'ti 
Oiiliiiiiii,  Aiili'iiimi's  I'illar,  'I'lic  I'iMZ/.a  ilil  I'cipcil",  I'lu' 
'I'dri'i'  (Id  Capiti  ^liii,  'I'ln'  IIomi' Caiiiloliiu',  'i'lio  i'alaliiii', 
Till'  (jiiiriiial,  'I'lii?  Viiiiinul,  'I'lii-  IOM|iiililii',  'I'lio  (  a  liaii, 
'I'lii'  Avi'iilini'.  I'iip  Vatican,  'I'lie  .laniiuliiin,  St  I'rtci'fl, 
Till'  Ijiliraii,  Till'  Staiuls  fur  liuaMt  ('lu'.^liim.-',  Tla'  N'ctt- 
Ynik  I'litifs,  tlic-  lliirily-niii'ily!<,  The  l.iiiiiluii  'l'iiiii:i,  I  In- 
I!aiTi'-:*li"«(|.  'I'll!'  (ilK.'lii'k  if  SliiMaii-  riiaruiih,  'I'lic  Wiiir- 
carii«,  l/iir/ii  c'.s  IIViA//,,  Uiiiiiati  li().'i;ai's,Caiiliiialii,  Mmiks, 
Artif^tH,  Nnri-i,  'I'lic  New  Vnrk  'J'iihtint\  l-'fi'iicli  finliliei'M, 
SwUk  (iiiiu'ils,  Hiitnliiiu'ii,  Mosaic-wnrkcis,  I'laiic-tricH, 
(lypris.-i.lrci'H,  Iriijiincn,  I'nipuKaH'la  Stiiili'iits,  (;llnf^', 
I'icn^,  Mi'ii  fran  liustiii^,  I'atiMit  .Modicini!',  >'«('lls,  I."(,'rr, 
Mrt'ivcliauiii-pipcs,  'llio  Niw  Ycr.k  Ilrrtihl.  I'fiisMi  i",  Itiuitk' 
Si'ats,  I>aik-i  Veil  MaiilH,  lialii  I,  Tilfapiii-i,  Maililii  I'uve- 
Iiiwit.s,  SpiiliTH,  Hivaliiy  Ilnrc,  .Ii«m,  ( 'u'wick!',  IIcTik,  All 
th'  I'ait,  \lat^->.  The  (irijiinal  liaircl-ni-piii,  Tlif  minliial 
•  ii'fian-Kiiiiili  r,  Ildiirlmii  Whisky,  (iviia  Vccchia  olive", 
Ilailiiati'n  .Maiiiiiilftiiii,  Unrjir'i  Mium^im;  Thi'  l.iiiircj 
Shrtile.  Murray's  llaiiil-lii»ik,  t'iii'iiincj,  l'.n};li-lnni'ti,  Dun- 
carts,  Yimlli,  llupi',  Itcauty,  t'liiivcrsatioii  Kiiit;i',  ISIiii'. 
buttle  riii"^^,  fiaats,  (inliiimii)',  StattH's,  l'n:ipaats,  C  ck- 
neyn,  (iiui-lainps,  Diimlrcai-y,  MidiicKtiilers,  rniHT-ciillar,', 
I'aviliiiiis,  Miisair  Itnxichc's,  Little  It";;?,  Small  liny?,  I.iz- 
nrilw,  Siiakrc.  finhlen  Siiiucta,  Turks,  I'lirple  Hill",  I'la- 
ranls,  Shiii-plaiitors,  Motikevs,  Olil  limit",  I'liffee-rnni'ter!', 
I'lile  Ale,  The  Dnst  <if  Ai-es,  The  (Jliost  nf  l!"tiip,  leo 
■Jruuiu,  Mtiuuriw,  Sodu-Watur,  Ilarper'ii  U uidc-Uook.         j 


CHArTEii  xxr. 

IIAItMONV   ON  THE   I'lNriAN    mi.I,,— JlfSir   IIATTI 
ClIAHMS.  — AMEItU'AS  M  EI.HDIES,— Til  I;    (il.ulcV, 

THE  row  Kit,  AND  THE  in:  AiTV  of  Yankee  doo- 

IlI.E,  AND  THE    MEItCENAUV    SOI  L  OF    AN    ITAL- 
IAN OUdAN-OltlNDEIt, 

Tin:  Senator  loved  the  riiician  Hill,  for  there 
ho  saw  what  he  loved  best;  more  than  ruins, 
more  than  churches,  more  than  pictures  and 
Staines,  more  than  music.  He  saw  man  and 
human  nature. 

He  had  u  smile  for  all  ;  of  suiicrioriiy  f.ii'  ilio 
bloated  aristocrat;  of  friendliness  fur  the  hum- 
ble, yet  jierchance  worthy  menilicant.  Ho 
lon(»cil  every  day  more  and  more  to  be  able  to 
talk  the  hiniinajze  of  the  people. 

Oil  one  occasion  the  Club  was  walkiuf;  on  the 
rincian  Hill,  when  suddenly  they  were  ari'e.-ted 
by  familiar  sounds  wbiili  came  from  some  jilaeo 
not  very  far  away.  It  wa.s  a  liarrel-or;;an ;  ii 
soft  and  musical  oij;au ;  but  it  was  i.layin;^ 
"  Sweet  Home." 

"A  'i'aukee  tune,"  said  the  .Senator.  ''Let 
US  po  iiiul  pati'iini/e  dumestic  manurailine. 
That  is  my  idee  of  |iiiliiical  economy." 

Iveacliiiif;  the  spot  they  saw  a  Jiale.  iiit.'Uect- 
ual-looking  Italian  working  away  at  his  instru- 
ment. 

"  It's  not  had,  thonuh  that  there  may  not  be 
the  highest  kind  of  musical  instrument." 

"No,"  said  buttons;  '"but  I  wonder  that 
you,  an  (dder  of  a  church,  can  stand  here  and 
listen  to  it." 

"Why,  what  has  the  church  to  dc  with  a 
barrel-organ  ?'' 

"Don't  yon  believe  the  Bible?" 

"  Of  conr.sc,"  said  the  Senator,  looking  mys- 
tified. 

"  Don't  you  know  what  it  savs  on  the  sub- 
ject?" 

"What  the  Bible  says?  Why  no,  of  course 
not.     It  says  nothing." 

"  I  beg  your  pardon.  It  says,  '  The  sound  of 
the  grinding  is  low.'  See  Ecclesiastes,  twelfth, 
fourth." 

The  Senator  looked  tnystificd,  but  said  noth- 
ing. But  suddeidy  the  organ-grinder  struck 
n]i  another  tunc. 

"  Well,  I  do  declare,"  cried  the  Senator,  de- 
lighted, "  if  it  isn't  another  domestic  melody  !" 

It  was  "  Indejiendence  Day." 

"  Why,  it  warms  my  heart,''  he  said,  as  a 
fliisii  spread  over  his  fine  countenance. 

The  organ-grinder  received  any  quantity  of 
liainrc/ii,  which  so  encouraged  him  that  he  tried 
another — "Old  Virginny.'' 

"That's  better  yet,''  said  the  Senator.  "But 
how  on  nirth  did  this  man  manage  to  get  hold 
of  these  tunes?" 

T''hen  came  others.  Thev  were  all  Ameri- 
can :  "Old  Folks  at  Home,"  "Nelly  BIy," 
"Suwannee  Bibber,"  "Jordan,"  "Dan  Tuck- 
er," "  Jim  Crow.'' 

The  Senator  was  certainly  most  demonstra- 
tive, but  all  the  others  were  etpially  atl'ectcd. 

TItoa  Tiatirc  «trs  ;  the  dashing,  the  reckless. 


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ns  a 


ilie  ro»rin;;ly-liunioroiis,  the 
obstrc'in'roiisly  jolly —  tlicy 
sliow  onu  |i!in  dftiu'  many, 
silled  Aiiiericim  churncter. 

Not  yet  lias  justice  boon 
<lone  to  liio  iii;;j;.'L'r  soiit;.  It 
i-t  not  a  ni.L'^'fr  son^.  It 
i-i  iin  Amciioan  niclndy. 
lA'ttvin^c  (lilt  tiioso  wliicli 
lmv(>  Ik'cu  stolen  from  Ital- 
tail  ()|ic'ras, liow  ninny  there 
arc  wliii'li  are  truly  Ameri- 
can ill  their  cxirava^jaiicp, 
their  liroail  huiimr,  tlicir 
glorious  and  ii|iioarioiis  jol- 
lity I  'I'lii!  words  are  trash. 
Tilt!    melodies     are    every 

tllill!,'. 

Thesi  melodies  touched 
tlu'  hearts  ot"  tlie  listeners. 
American  lit'.'  ro-e  hefore 
them  as  they  listened. — 
American  lit'i' — free,  hound- 
less,  exuherant,  broadly-de- 
velopinj;,  self-  asserting, 
L'ainini;  its  cinracteristics 
from  tlie  houndlcss  extent 
of  its  hiiiiie — a  I'outiiiental 
life  of  limitless  variety.  As 
motirnfid  ns  the  Scotch  ;  as 
reckless  as  the  Irish;  as 
solemnly  patrioiic  iis  the  Kn;.'lish.  | 

"  r,i'-tcii  '.'•  cried  the  Senator,  in  wild  excite- 
ment. ' 

It  was  "  Hail  Columhia."  ' 

"The  I'inoian  Hill,"  said  the  Senator,  with 
dw])   solemnity,  "is   Rloriiicd  from    this   time  I 
forth  and  for  evermore.      It  has  gained  a  new  ! 
charm.     The  Voice  of  Freedom  hath  made  it- 
self heanl  I" 

The.  others.  thou(.'h  less  demonstrative,  were 
no  lass  delighted.  Then  came  another,  hetter 
yet.      "Tlie  Star-Si)nnj,dod  15anner." 

"There!''  cried  the  Senator,  "is  our  true 
national  anthem — the  commemoration  of  nation- 
nl  triuuijih;  the  (.'rand  iiiisoarin;;  of  the  victori- 
ous American  I'.aule  as  it  wiM.;s  its  everlasting 
llielit  tlni>iij;li  the  hliie  cnii'yrcan  r.wny  up  to 
the  eternal  stars  I'' 

He  hurst  into  tears;  the  others  res])ected  his 
emotion.  j 

Then  he  wijied  his  eyes  and  looked  ashamed 
of  himselt' — (luite  uselessly — for  it  is  a  mistake  I 
to  siipjiose  that  tears  are  unmanly.      Unmanly  I  | 
The  manliest  of  men  may  sometimes  shed  tears  ; 
out  of  his  very  manhood. 

At  last  there  arose  a  magic  strain  that  pro- 
duced nn  ert'ect  to  which  the  former  was  noth- 
in;r.     It  was  "Yankee  Dooiile  I" 

The  Senator  did  not  speak.  He  could  not 
(ind  words.  He  turned  his  eyes  first  uiion  one, 
and  then  another  of  his  companions  ;  eyes  heam- 
in;.;  with  joy  and  triumph  —  eyes  that  showed 
emotirm  arisiiiR  straight  from  a  patriot's  heart 
—eyes  which  seemed  to  sny  :  Is  there  any  sound 
on  earth  or  above  the  earth  that  can  equal  this  ? 


o'  I)  vi;:(;iNNY 


Yankee  Doodle  has  nmer  received  jasiice. 
It  is  a  tune  without  words.  \Vli:U  are  the  rec- 
o;;ni/cd  words  ?  Nonsense  nnutteiMl)le  —  tlia 
sneer  of  a  IJritish  ollicer.  But  tlie  tiinel — ah, 
that  is  ([uitc  another  thiiiR! 

The  tune  was  from  the  very  first  taken  to  tlio 
national  heart,  and  has  never  ceased  to  he  cher- 
ished there.  Tlio  Uepuhlic  has  prowii  to  he  ft 
very  dilfereiit  tliiuf^  from  that  weak  heginninn, 
hut  its  national  air  is  as  ]iopuIar  as  ever.  The 
pco]ile  do  not  merely  love  it.  They  glory  in  it. 
And  yet  apologies  are  sometimes  made  for  it. 
Hy  whomV  Hy  the  soulless  ililettante.  The 
jieople  know  lietter: — the  farmers,  the  mechan- 
ics, the  lishermen.  the  dry-goods  clerks,  the 
newslioys,  the  railway  stokers,  the  hutchers. 
the  haki'fs,  the  eandlestick-iiiakers,  the  tinkers, 
the  tailors,  the  scddiers,  the  sailors.  Why? 
Hecanse  this  music  has  a  voice  of  its  own,  more 
cxjn-cssive  than  words ;  the  language  of  the 
soul,  whicii  sp<'aks  forth  in  certain  melodies 
whi(di  form  an  ntteranee  of  iinutterahle  jiassion. 

The  name  was  jierhaps  given  in  ridicule.  »c 
was  acccjited  with  la'ide.  The  air  is  ra.d;,  reck- 
less, gay.  triumphant,  noisy,  boisterous,  care- 
less, heedless,  rampant,  raging,  maring,  rattle- 
brainish,  devil  -  may-  care-i>h,  plague -take- the- 
liindmost-isli ;  hut  I  solemn,  stern,  ho]>cful,  res- 
olute, fierce,  menacing,  strong,  cantankeroui 
(cantiinkeroiis  is  entirely  iiii  American  idea), 
hold,  daring — 

Words  fail. 

Yankee  Doodle  has  not  yet  received  its  Doo! 

The  Senator  had  smiled,  laughed,  sighed, 
wept,  gone  throu;;li  many  vaviations  of  feeling. 


C2 


THE  nOl.GE  C'LUll;  OU,  ITALY  IN  MIH  fTI.IX. 


ii 


(  ilAl'TKU  XXII. 

IIIIW  A  lUlidMN  IS  M.\I)K.— Tin:  ^VM.^^«  OF  Tiin 
IIAI.IAN  TIHIIKSMAN.  —  Till;  NAKKK  01  I.KV 
IIK(<(IAI(,  AM)  Till-:  JOVIAL  W  i;i.|,  (  I.Al)  llEO- 
IIAII.  — WHO  l.i  TIIK  KIN(i  «  r  IlKlidAKsy 

"  \Vii\T  lire  you  tliiiikiiin  ulMiiit,  Hiittoiis?" 
"Wrll,  Dick,  ti)  ti'll  tin;  tciitli,  1  liino  liicii 


Ho  liad  llintwn  fminrt/ii  till  liis  pitckt'ls  wcic  ex- ' 
liiiitNtcii,  aiiil  tlicii  liaiiclivl  I'ortli  silver.  lie  limi 
•liaki'ii  liaiitls  wiili  III!  his  coiiijiaiiioiis  tcti  times 
over.  'I'lu'v  tlieinselves  went  lint  niiiie  as  tar 
III  leeliii;,'  as  lie,  luit  vet  to  ii  eurtuiii  uxtuiit  they 
went  ill. 

Aiiil  vet  Aiiierieiiiis  nw  tli(iu;;lit  to  1h'  |>nieti- 
t-al,  and  ii>  t  iileal.  Vet  lure  was  a  true  Aiiiei-  lliiiiKin^'  tliat  if  I  >lii  tiiid  the  Siaiiiaids  they 
lean  who  was  iiiloxieated--driiiik  I  Ity  wjiiit?  "oii't  have  reason  lo  hu  |iartieiihirly  I'niiid  dt 
Uy  somid,  notes,  harmony.     Jiy  inii>ie  !  nie  as  ii  ciimimnioii.      Look  at  me." 

'•  Uiittons,"  .saiil  he,  as  ihe  iniisic  eeased  and        "  1   look,  and   to  he  frank,  my  dear    hoy,  I 
the  Italian  pre)iitivd  to  iiuiko  his  how  and  ipiit    must  say  that  you  look   more   i<hahly-(;eiiteel 
the  seeiie,"  I  must  make  that  guiulcinau°!i  ac-    than  otherwise." 
(luaintaiiee.''  i      "That's  tlio  result  of  travelling  on  one  suit 

Huttons  walked  up  to  the  ()r;,'aii-Kriiiilcr.  I  of  clotla.s — without    lon^iileriii;,'    (!t,ditlii>,'.       I 

"  IJ(!  my  iiiteriavter,''  said  the  Senator.    '•  In-    nive  iiji  my  tiieory." 

"  Uivc  it  iiji,  then,  and  come  out  as  a  huttcr- 


trodiiee  me." 

"What's  viair  iiiiine?"  asked  Uiittons, 

"MuH'eo  Cloto." 

"From  where?" 

"riiiiiio." 

"  Were  yon  ever  in  America?" 

"  No,  .Sj;rnore." 

"  What  does  he  say  ?"  asked  the  Senator,  iiii- 
pntiouily. 


fly." 

"Friend  of  my  soul,  tlio  die  is  cast.     Coma 
forth  with  1110  and  seek  a  eloliiiii(»-st()re." 

It  was  not  dillieult  to  find  one.     They  en- 
tered the  lirst  one  that  they  saw.      The  polite 
Uoman  overwhelmed  them  with  attention. 
"  Show  me  a  coat,  Si;,'iiore.  " 
Sinuore  sprang;  iiimhly  at  the   shelves  ami 
"  Ho  says  his  name  is  Mr.  Cloto,  and  ho  was    hroiijjht  down  every  eoat  in  his  store.     I'littons 
never  in  Ameriea."  I  pieked  out  one  that  suited  his  faiity,  aiul  tried 

"  How  did  you  Kot  these  times?"  i  it  on. 

"Out  of  my  ort,Mii,''  said  the  Italian,  grin-        "  Wiiat  is  the  jiriec?" 
uiiig.  j      Willi  a  prnfiisiiiii  of  exjdanatioii  aiid  descrip- 

"  Of  eciiirse  ;  hut  how  did  you  Iiajipeii  to  i;ct    lion  the  Kiiiiian  iiil'iJiiiied  him:    "  I'orty  pias- 


Bii  organ  wiili  siieli  tunes?  ' 

"  1  h(MI;;ht  it." 

"  (.)li  yes;  hut  liow  diil  you  hapinn  to  huy 
one  with  these  tunes?'" 

"  For  you  illustrious  Amcrieiin  Sigiioro.  You 
all  like  to  hear  them." 

"Do  you  know  any  thing  ahoe.t  the  tunes?" 

"  Signore  ?" 

"Do  you  know  what  the  words  are  ?" 

"  Oh  no.      1  am  an  Italian.'' 

"  I  siipjinse  you  m;\k(^  money  out  of  them.'' 

"I  make  nuu-c  in  a  day  with  these  than  I 
lould  ill  a  week  with  other  tunes."' 

" 'i'oll  lay  lip  money,  I  suppose." 


tres." 

"  I'll  give  you  twelve,"  said  IJiittons,  fpiietly. 

The  Italian  smiled,  ))ut  his  head  on  one  side, 
drew  down  the  eoriiers  of  his  mouth,  and  threw 
lip  ills  shoulders.  This  is  the  sln-u'i.  The 
shrug  reipiires  special  attention,  'i'he  shrug  is 
a  gesture  used  hy  the  Latin  race  for  expressing 
a  multitude  of  things,  hotii  ohjeetively  ami  siih- 
joetively.  It  is  a  laiigiinge  of  itself.  It  is,  ns 
eireniastances  reipiire,  a  noun,  adverh.  (ironouu, 
verh,  ailjeetive,  preposition,  iiiteijeeliiui,  eon- 
juiKlion.  Yet  it  does  not  sii|ierseile  the  spoken 
language.  It  eomes  in  ratlier  when  spoken 
words  are  useless,  to  convey  intensity  of  mean- 


•  Oh  yes.      In  two  years  I  will  retire  and  lot    ing   or   delicacy.     It    is  not   taii;;ht,  hut  it   is 


fny  younger  hrother  jilay  here." 

"These  tunes?  ' 

"  Yes,  Si'j-ii.ire." 

•'  To  Aiiiii  lean-  ?"' 

"  Y'es,  Sii^uore." 

"  What  is  it  all?"  asked  the  .^lenator. 

"He  says  that  he  finds  ho  makes  money  l>y 
playing  American  times  to  Americans.'' 


learned. 

The  coarser,  or  at  least  hluuter,  Tciitonie 
race  have  not  cordially  adopted  this  mode  of 
human  intercommuiiicaiion.  The  advantage 
of  the  slinig  is  that  in  one  slight  gesture  it  con- 
tains an  amount  of  meaning  which  otherwise 
would  reipiire  many  words.  A  good  sliriigger 
in  Italy  is  admired,  just  as  a  good  conversation- 
"  IIm."s!iiil  the  Senator,  with  some  displeas.  ist  is  in  Kii'.dand,  or  a  good  stump  orator  in 
tire  ;  "ami  he  has  no  soul  tlicn  to  see  tin — the  America.  When  the  inercliant  shrugged,  IJiit- 
lieauty,  the  seniimeut,  the  grandeur  of  his  vo-  tons  understood  him  and  said  : 
cation!"  i       "  You  refuse?     Then  I  go.      lieholdmc:" 

"Not  a  hit— he  only  goes  in  for  money."        I       "Ah,  SigiKtre,  how  eau  yon  thus  endeavor  to 
The  Senator  turned  away  in  disgust.      "  Yan-    take  advantage  of  the  necessities  of  the  poor?" 
kec  Doodle,'"  ho  murmured,  "  ought  of  itself  to        '•  Signore,  1  mn.st  hiiy  according  to  my  iibil- 
havc  a  reliuiug  ami  converting  inlluenee  on  the    ity-  " 

Kuropean  mind  :    hut  it  is  too  Uehased— yes—        The  Italian  laughed  long  and  (iiii:'!ly.      The 
yes — too  dehased."  idea  of  an  Kuglishmaii  or  Anieiieaii  not  having 

much  money  was  an  ex(piisite  ]iicce  of  humor. 
Wait  ft  iiltle. 


'  Go  not,  Signore. 


Let  mo 


ni.Es  OP  THE 

.AKKII    M  I.KV 
l.t  I.AIl     llEli- 

AliS? 

(,  Uiitlons?" 

,   I    llllVU    lll'l'll 

'iinianlit  llicv 
Illy  I'roiul  <if 

iliiir    liciy,  I 
l.alil  y-ni'iilccl 

jj  (in  one  suit 
Cj^IitiiiK.       I 

It  ns  ii  Imttcr- 

c'n«t.     Coma 
-store." 
L'.     'I'licy  011- 
'I'lic  jiolite 
ttontimi. 

!-1k'1vCS    lllll'l 

iri'.      I'.iittdiis 
icy,  iiiij  tried 


1  ii.iil  »loscri|>» 
"  I'liity  jiiiis- 

lt(.iis.  quietly. 
il  1)11  cue  sitle, 
|tli,  ami  tlircMT 
///•«'/■     Tlic 
lie  sliniK  is 
cx|irei<sinj» 
y  iiml  .sub- 
It  is,  ns 
liruiioiiii, 
•lion,   eoii- 
tlie  spoken 
leil    sjioken 
V  of  irieiin- 
ut   it    is 


i'l\ 


'IVutoiiie 

lis  inoilc  of 

iulvuiitiiKe 

-lure  it  coii- 

li  oilierwiso 

111  slirii<:gor 

iiivi'isiition- 

|)  onitor  ill 

iiLTj^eJ,  IJiit- 

lolil  iiic  1" 
■iiileiivor  to 
lie  |ioor  ?" 
to  my  abil- 

•tly.      The 
not  liiiving 
)t'  liumor. 
I..ct  mo 


Tin:  ixiDci;  cLru;  on,  italy  in  mdcolix. 


03 


rr:-r'v--'=^ 


anfold  more  i;iuiii(Mits.  MelioM  iliis,  nnd  llii<. 
You  sliiill  have  iiiniiy  of  my  goods  for  twelve 
jiinstres. '' 

"  Xo,  Signore  ;  I  must  Iiiivo  this,  or  I  will 
liiive  none.'' 

''Yon  lire  very  hard,  Sii,'nore.  Think  of  my 
necessities.  Think  of  the  jnessiire  of  this  pres- 
ent war,  which  we  [lour  miserable  tradesmen 
feel  most  of  all." 

"Then  iiddio,  Si^jnore;  I  must  ilepart." 

They  went  out  and  walked  si.\  imees. 

"  I'-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-t!"  (Another  little  idea 
of  the  Latin  race.  It  is  n  miieh  more  jienetrat- 
in;';  sound  than  a  Imid  Hallo  I  Ladies  can  use 
it.  Children  too.  This  would  be  worth  iiii- 
Iiortinj;  to  Ameriea.) 

"  I'.s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-t  I" 

IJiittons  and  Dick  turned.  The  Italian  stood 
sniiKiijj  and  bowiiii;  and  bcekonin;:. 

"'."'like  it  for  twciity-tour  ]iiastres." 

"No,  Si^'iiore  ;   I  e.in  only  jiay  twelve." 

\Vith  a  >;estMre  of  milled  di^;nity  the  slio])- 
kecjier  withdrew.  ^\;;ain  they  turned  away. 
Tliey  had  .scarcely  pono  ten  paces  before  the 
shop-keeper  was  after  tiiein  : 

"A  thousand  pardons.  Hut  I  have  concluded 
to  take  twenty." 

"No;   twelve,  ami  no  metre. " 

"  Hut  think,  Sicnore;  only  think." 

"1  do  think,  my  friend;  I       think."' 

"  Say  eighteen." 

"No,  Signore." 

"  Seventeen." 

"Twelve." 

••  Hore.     Como  back  with  me." 
E 


They  obeyed.  The  Iiuliiin  folded  iho  mat 
neatly,  tied  it  carefully,  strokecl  the  parcel  teii- 
tlerlN,  ami  with  ii  meek  yut  liud  sniilo  liuiided  it 
to  Hiittons. 

"There — only  sixteen  jii.istres." 

Hiittoiis  had  taken  out  his  purse.  At  this  he 
hurriedly  replaced  il,  with  an  uir  of  ve.\atioii. 

"  I  can  only  \i\\\'  twelve.'' 

"(Ml,  Sinnore,  tie  nenerons.  Think  <if  my 
striipules,  my  expenses,  my  family.  You  will 
not  force  me  to  lose." 

"I  \vould  scoin  to  force  you  to  any  thiujj, 
and  therefore  I  will  depart." 

"  Stop,  Si;,'iiore,''  cried  the  Italian,  detainiu); 
them  at  the  door.  "  1  eoiiseiit.  Yoti  may  take 
it  for  fourteen." 

"  Tor  Heaven's  sake,  Hiittons,  take  it,"  said 
Dick,  whose  patience  was  now  eoiii])letely  ex- 
hausted.     "Take  it.'' 

"Twelve,"  said  Hiitto  la. 

"Let  1110  ]iay  llu!  extra  two  dollars,  fur  my 
own  peace  of  mind,''  said  Dick. 

".Nonsense.  Dick.  It's  the  principle  of  the 
thin;,'.  As  a  member  of  the  I)od^•^^  Club,  too, 
I  could  not  ^'ive  more." 

"Thirteen,  (iood  Siynorc  mine,''  said  the 
Italian  |jiteoiisly. 

"  .My  friend,  I  have  ;;iveii  my  word  that  I 
would  pay  only  twelve.'' 

"  Your  word  ?     Your  jiardoii,  but  to  whom  ?'' 

"  T<»  yo;i.'' 

"Oh,  then,  how  gladly  I  release  you  from 
your  woril  I' 

"  Twelve,  Signore,  or  I  go." 

"  I  can  not." 

Hiittons  turned  away.  They  walked  along 
the  street,  and  at  len;,'th  arrived  at  another 
clothier's.  ,Iiist  as  they  stciipeil  i»  a  hand  was 
laid  on  Hiittons's  shoiihler,  iiiid  u  voice  cried 
out — 

"  Take  it !     Take  it,  Sign.-je!'* 

"Ah!      I  thought  sol     Twelve?" 

"  Twelve." 

Hiittons  jiaid  the  money  and  directed  where 
it  should  be  sent.  Ilefoiiiul  out  afterward  that 
the  price  which  an  Italian  geiitlcnuin  would 
jiiiy  was  about  ten  piastres. 

There  is  no  gn-iiter  wonder  thiin  the  patient 
waiting  of  an  Italian  tradesman  in  |iursuit  of  ti 
bargain.  The  tlexibiliiy  of  the  Italian  con- 
science and  iinagination  under  such  circuiu- 
staiiees  is  truly  astonishing. 

Dress  makes  a  ditfei-enee.  Th<'  very  expres- 
sion of  the  face  changes  when  one  has  jiasscj 
from  slinlibiness  into  elegance.  Alter  Hiittons 
had  dressed  himself  in  his  gay  attire  his  uc.xt 
thought  was  what  to  do  with  his  old  clotliw. 

"Come  anil  let  ns  dispo>e  of  them." 

"  Dispose  of  them  '." 

"  ( )h,  I  mean  get  rvd  of  them.  I  saw  a  man 
crouching  in  u  corner  nearly  naked  as  I  canio 
up.  Let  ns  go  aiidsce  if  ue  can  lind  him.  I'd 
like  to  try  theetfect." 

They  went  to  the  place  where  the  man  had 
been  .seen.  He  was  there  still.  A  young  man, 
in  c.vccUent  health,  brown,  muscular,  lithe.    lU 


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Tlir.   I\)I)G1-:  CLUB;  OK,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 

CHAI'TKU  XXIIL 


THE  MANIFOl.I)  I, IKK  OF  TIIK  CAKK  MOVd,  AND 
mnv  TIIKV  UKCKIVKIJ  Tin;  M-\VS  AIKUT  MVIiKN- 
TA.  —  |;.\(ITI;MENT.  — li^■Tlll■^^lAS.M.— ItAUtl.— 
KMIIKACKS. 


liaJ  an  old  coverlet  armiiul  his  loins — that  was  I 

all.     He  looked  ii]i  snlivily.  ' 

"  Are  yoii  not  euld  ?"  : 

"No,'  lie  lilin'tiil  (lilt,  and  tiinicil  aw.ny.  j 

"A  lioor,"  said  l)iik.      •' Uoii't  tliiow  away 

your  eliarily  (111  him."'  Ai.i,  modern  I'dimc  lives  in  the  Cafii  Niinvn. 

"  Look  here."  |  It  was  once  a  palace.      Lofty  ceiling's,  );liiti;r- 

Tlie  man  lo(ike<l  n|i  l:i/,ily.  '  in;;  walls,  marhle  iiavements,  countless  tahles, 

"  Do  you  want  some  elotlics?"  luxurious  eouehes,  iinniense  mirrors,  all  da/.zlc 

No  reply.  tin;  eye.     The  huhhuh  is  iiiimense,  the  eonru- 

'•  I've  got  sonic  here,  and  jierhafs  will  ;;ivc    sion  overpoweriii;:. 

tliein  to  you.'"  I      The  Kiiroiieaii  mode  (if  lifi' is  not  bad.     L  id^. 

'J'lie  man  scramhled  to  his  feet.  ■  in;.'s  in  roomy  njiartmeiits.  where  one  sh'e|  s  and 

"  tJonfiiimd  the  fi  How  I"  said  Dick.      "  If  he    attends  to  one's  jirivati^  ati'airs  ;  meals  altopeth- 

don't  want  them  let's  find  some  one  who  does."    er  at  the  cafe'.     There  one  iinites  one's  friends. 


"  Ijook  here,''  said  Hnttoiis. 

He  unfnlded  his  pared.  The  fellow  looked 
indill'ereiitly  at  the  tidncs. 

'•  Here,  take  this,"  aiul  he  otl'ered  the  panta- 
loons. 


No  delay  with  dinner  ;  no  hadly-eookcd  dishes  ; 
no  stale  or  sour  hread ;  no  timid,  overworn 
wil'e  tremiilin!,'  for  the  result  of  iiewex]ieriments 
ill  lious(diei']iiii;.'.  On  the  contrary,  one  has: 
iinimiit  meals  ;  ex(iui.-ite  fdod  ;  (Udicioiis  hread  ; 


The  Italian  took  thoni  and  slowly  jnit  them  judite  waiters;  and  iia]i]'y  wife,  with  jdenty  of 

on.  This  ddiie,  hestretehed  iiiiiiself  and  yawned,  leisure  at   home  to   iin|iiovc  mind  and  a(Jorii 

"Takcthir."  'body. 

It  w;v  Iiisvest.  |      The  first  visit  wliich    the  Club   jiaid  to  the 

'i'he  man   .'ook  the  ve>t  and  put  it  on  with  Cafe' Niiovo  was  an  cveiiifiil  one.      News  lunl 

o(|iiiil    siiiii/  fioid.       A^rain    he    yawned     and  just  been  received  of  the  >;re!it  strife  at  .'\Ia;.'enia. 

stretched  iiimself.  Kvury  one  was  wild.      The  two  (lali'jnun'i's  had 

"  Here's  a  coat.''  j  been   approi'iiated   by  two  Italians,  \\ho  were 

Uuttons  lieM  it  out  to  the  Italian.     The  fel-  surrounded  by  fnrty-seven  frenzied  Kii;:lislinien, 

low  took  it,  surveyed  it  elosidy.  ftdt  in  the  poek-  all  ea{;er  to  f,'ct  hold  of  the  jiapcrs.     Tiie  lial- 

ets,  and  examined  very  critically  the  still'i'iiiuj;  i.ms  olilit.'iii;:ly  tried  to  read  x\w.  news.       The 

of  the  collar.     Finally  he  put  it  on.      lie  but-  wretched  nanpli?  which  they  made  if  the  lan- 

toiied  it  chisely  annuid  liim,  ami  jiassed  hi-;  fin-  guat:e.  the  impatience,  the  exeiiemiiit.  and  th(5 

f»ers  tlirou};h  his  matteil  hair.      'I'lien  he  felt  the  jicrplexity  of  tiie  audience,  comliiuccl  with  the 

pockets  once  more.       After  which  he   ya\\  ned  splendid  self-comjilaecney  of  the  rc:;ders,  formed 

long  and  solemnly.      This  done,  he  looked  car-  a  strikiiiL'  scene. 

nestly  at  Huttmisand  Dick.      He  saw  that  they  The  Italians  ;.'ath"re(l  iii  a  vast  cinwd  iii  one 

hail  notliiut;  moii'.      I'poii  which  he  turned  on  if  the  billi:;rcl-in(ims,  where  (;ne  of  liieir  nuni- 

his  heel,  and  without    sayiiijr  iv  word,  p'od    or  her.  mounted  on  a  talile,  was  readiui;  with  tcr- 

bad,  walked  olVvvith  immense  strides,  turned  a  rilie  \i)lubility,  and  still  im.re  terrilic  tresticula- 

<'orner,  and  was  out  of  si;:ht.      The  twn  ihilan-  tions,  a  jirivate  letter  from  a  friend  at  .Milan, 

ihropists  were  left  stariii);  at  one  another.      At  '"Hiavo!"  cried  all  present. 


last  they  laughed, 

"That  man  is  an  ori(:inal."  said  Dick. 

"Yes,  and  there  is  aiiciiher."  s.iid  I5utt(ins. 

As  be  spoke  he  pointed  to  the  (li;;ht  of  st.me 
stc|is  that  ;;oes  up  from  the  Tia/za  di  Spa^'ua. 
Di.  k  looked  lip.      There  sat  'i'he  IJeggarl 


III  pronouiiein;:  which  word  the  Italians  rolled 
the  "r"  so  tumidtiioi.sly  that  the  inly  audible 
sound  was — 

li-r-r-i'-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-i-i-r-ali  I 
Like  the  letter  15  in  u  railway  train. 

The  best  of  all  was  to  see  the  rreiidi.  They 
were  packed  in  a  dense  mass  at  the  furthest  ex- 


AvTONKt! 

Lei'less,  hath'ss,  biit  not  by  any  means  penni-    tremity  of  the  (irand  Saloon.      Kvery  c;io  was 


less,  king  of  Itoinan  begi;ars,  with  a  Liiropi 
reputation.  niie(|!iilled   in  lii>  own  ]irofess 


talki 


l'',very    one    was    describing    to    his 


thort 


sat   the  mo 


neighbor  the  minute  ])articiilars  (if  the  tremeii- 
t  s<ii..|ililie  beggar  that  the  dous  contest.  Old  soldiers,  lioars('  with  ex- 
n.  citemcnt.  enud.ited    the  volubility  of  younger 

He  had  watched  the  recent  iiroceedin^-s,  and    ones.     A  thousand  arms  waved  energetically  in 


world  has  ever  se( 


caught  the  glance  of  the  young  men. 


the  air.      ICverv  one  was  loo  much  interes 


sled 


III 


As  tlu'y  bulked  up  his  voice  came  clear  and    his  own  description  to  heed  his  neighbor.     They 


son(U'ous  through  the  air 


were  all  talkers,  no  listeners. 


'O  most  generous — ()  most  noble — O  most        A  few  (iermans  were  there,  but  they  sat  for- 


ilhistnoiis    voutlis- 


Dra 


Ileal  —  Look  in  pity  sakeii  and  neglected.  Lveii  the  waiters  for- 
upoli  the  abject— l{(diold  legless,  armless,  help-  sook  fheiil.  So  they  smoked  the  cigars  of  sweet 
less,  the  beggar  Antonio  forsaken  of  Heaven —  nml  bitter  fancy,  occasionally  conversing  in  thick 
For  the  love  of  the  \'iigiii— l-'or  the  sake  of  llio  jriitturals.  It  was  evident  that  they  considered 
Is—  In  the  name  of  humanity  —  Date  me  '  the  present  occasion  as  .1  combined  crow  of  tho 

whole  Latin  race  over  the  Ijeriiian.      So  thcjr 


gain 


nun  nie/.zo  baioccho — .Sono  poooooooooovev 

Miscruuiiaaaaunubile— Des^ierrrranaaaaaaUo  I''    i  looked  on  with  iniiia-ssivc  faces. 


i 

i 
4 


i 


11 


THE  i);)i)ur:  cluij;  oh,  italy  in  .mdccclix. 


ifOVO,  AND 
II  T  MA(;l'.\- 
— TEAltb.— 

Jufc  NlM'V,., 

1^'s,  }:liitfr- 

k't^s  tallies. 

i,  nil  ilnz/.lo 

llic  tijiif'a- 

a.l  1,  1.1- 
•  slrc|  s  ami 
is  !ill(i};i'tli- 
iic's  friemls. 
kcd  (lisiics  ; 
1,  ovei'Wdni 
'x]iiriin(Mits 
,  (iiie  luis  : 
■ions  luvad ; 
li  )ilriily  (if 
ami  ailuni 

paiil  til  tlio 

Xl'US    JKlil 

at  MafTCMiia. 
iiliKiiii'a  luul 

,    \\llO     Wl'IO 

Mi^'li>lini(Mi. 
The  Ital- 

C'WS.  'I'lll' 

(f  the  laii- 
•iit.  and  the 
•'il  Willi  the 
k'ls,  fuinicd 

iwd  ill  otic 

heir  imiii- 

H  wiih  tcr- 

trcsiiciila- 

Milaii. 

liaiis  riilli'ci 
Iv  aiidililL' 

-r-i-i-r-ah  I 

h.  Thoy 
irtla'st  cx- 
•y  c;ic  was 
iiH  to  his 
lie  tri'iiicn- 

\\ith  t'x- 
yoiiiip'r 

'lirally  in 
iicioicil  ill 
(ir.     'I'hcy 

( y  sat  for- 
aili'is  for- 
rs  of  sweot 
lit:  ill  thick 
iiisidcrcil 
row  of  tho 
So  they 


t#;<^ 


I 


i 


Ni'us  uf  .MA(ii:.>rA ! 


I'cM-liaiis  tliP  llinst  stolid  (if  ail  was  Mciiihocr 
Sclialt,  who  snidi^od  and  siiijiod  cntli'O  alliM'iiatc- 
ly.  st(i]i]iiii^'  after  eaeii  sip  In  indk  ainiiiiil  with 
iiiiid  siiriiris(>,  to  slnikc  his  foikud  hoard,  and 
to  t'jaciilatc — 

"  Gr-r-r-r-r-r-acidiis  inc  1" 

Him  tho  Senator  saw  and  accnsted.  who, 
inakiiii;  rcKini  for  the  Senator,  ennversed  witii 
iiuieli  aniiiialion.  After  a  tiiiio  the  otiiers  tonk 
s'ats  near  thi'iii,  and  formed  a  neutral  ]iarty. 
At  this  inoinent  a  small-sized  (gentleman  with 
lilaek  twinkling  eyes  car  j  riisliiii;^  past,  and 
liiirst  into  the  tliiek  of  the  crowd  of  Frenchmen. 
At  the  sit,'lit  of  him  Hattoiis  leaped  up,  and 
cried  : 

"There's  Frnncia  I     I'll  catch  him  now  I" 

Kraiieia  siioiited  a  few  words  which  set  the 
l''reiuliinen  wild. 

"The  Allies  have  entered  Milan!  A  uis- 
jiatch  has  just  arrived  I" 

There  hurst  a  shrill  yell  of  triumph  from  the 
insane  Kreiicliinen.  There  was  ii  wild  riishinn 
to  and  fro,  and  the  crowd  swayed  liaekward  and 
forward.  The  Italians  came  pouring  in  from 
the  other  room.     Uiie  word  was   siillicient   to 


'  tell  them  ail.  It  was  a  jzreat  si;;lit  to  see.  On 
eaeli  individual  tiu;  news  piddiued  a  dilii'ioiit 
etl'eet.  Some  stood  still  as  thou^:li  petrilied  ; 
(itliers  (lutif:  up  their  arms  and  yelled;  otherii 

j  cheered  ;  others  upset  tallies,  not  knowing  what 
they  were  d(iiii>»;  others  threw  tiieiustlves  into 

'one  another's  arms,  and  cmhraeed  and  kissed  ; 
others  wept  for  joy:  —  these  la-^t  wen;  .Milanese. 
Huttoiis  was  trying  to  (imi  I'laiicia.  Tiio 
ru>h  of  the  exciteil  crowd  liore  him  away,  and 
his  elVorts  were  fr!''''ess.  In  fact,  when  he  ar- 
rived at  the  place  where  that  j;cntlenian  had 
lieen,  he  was  gone.  'I'lie  Herniaiis  liej^an  to 
look  more  nneomfortahk!  tiian  ever.  At  len(;tli 
Meinheer  Schatt  ]iroposed  that  they  should  all 
fzo  ill  a  lio  iv  to  tiie  Cafe  Scacchi.  So  tliev  all 
left. 


CIIAI'TKU  XXIV. 

ciieckmatkI 

TiiK  Cafe'  Scacchi.  as  its  name  implies,  is  ilf- 

voted  to  chess,     (iermans  |ialroiii/.'!  it  to  a  great 

extent.     I'olities  do  not  enter  into  the  precincts 

sacred  to  C'aissa. 


li 


fk 


•;;; 


Jl- 


I  , 


■  1  . 


TilK  DODGK  (Lir.  ;  OU,  ITALY  IN  .MI)L((  I.IX. 

fllAl'TEU  XXV, 


lUTTONS    A    MAN   OF  ONK    I  HI' A.  — DICK    AM)     ISIS 

mi;a:<ii{IN()  tai'i:.— DAKii  i:yi;s,— sts{i:i'Tiii!.K 

IIKAKT.  — YOlNd    MAIDK.N    WHO    I.IVI-S    ol   T    or 
TOWN.— (iltANl)((l[.l.lSION  Ol'T\V0Al;sTl{A(Tl;l) 

i.ovKits  IN  iiu;  iTiii.ic  stki;i:ts. 


After  tliey  hail  been  seiiled  nhout  nil  hour 
liutKins  entered.  He  IkkI  not  I)et'n  able  to  find 
I'laiicia.  To  divert  Ills  inelamlinly  lie  proposed 
tluU  Meiiiliecr  Selintt  should  i)l.iy  ii  nainc  of 
chess  with  the  Senator.  Now,  chess  was  the 
Senator's  liolihy.  lie  claimed  to  he  tlio  liest 
I'lnyer  in  ids  Slate.  \Viih  a  patroiii/.iiin  smile  I  Too  much  Maine  can  not  he  ;;ivcii  lo  r.iitioiis 
he  consented  to  ]ilay  with  a  tyro  like  Mcinheer  for  his  heiiavior  nt  this  jieriod.  Ih'  acted  as 
J-chatt.  At  the  end  of  one  pinie  Mcinheer  tliotif^h  the  whole  motive  of  Ins  existence  was 
Schatt  stroked  his  lieard  and  meekly  said —        '  to  tind  the  Francias.     To  this  he  di'votcd  his 

••  (ir-r-r-acious  nu':"  days,  and  of  this  he  dreamed  at  id^ht.      He  de- 

The  Senator  frowned  and  hit  his  lips.      He    serted  his  fiiciuls.      Left  to  themselves,  \\  itiioiit 
v;as  ehcckinated.  ,  his  moral  inlhieneo  to  keep  them  tof.'ether  and 

Another  >,'aine.     Meinheer  Schatt  ]dayed  in    jjive  aim  to  their  cllbrts,  each  one  followcil  his 
a  ealm,  and  some  "lifjlit  say  a  stiii)id,  manner,  i  own  inclination. 

'•  (Jr-r-r-acious  mel''  Mr.  Fi;,';rs  sjient  the  whole  of  Iiis  time  in  ll," 


h  was  a  ilrawii  j;aino.  Caf-  Nnovo.  (hawin},'  out  jilans  of  dinneis  for 

Another:  this  was  a  very  lonn  j;a:nc.  The  each  snccessive  day.  The  Doctor,  after  sleep- 
Senator  i>layed  lahorionsly.  It  was  no  use.  '  in;,'  till  noon,  loiin).'ed  (jii  the  I'incian  Hill  till 
Slowly  and  steadily  Meinlieer  Seliatt  won  the  eveniiifr,  when  he  joined  Mr.  I-"i}:;;s  at  ilinner. 
game.  i  The  Senator  explored  every  nook  and  corner  of 

\Viien  he  uttered  lii.s  usnal  exelamation  the  i  Koine.  At  first  Dick  nceoin]ianicd  him,  hut 
Scnat<a' felt  stroniily  inclined  to  throw  the  hoard  firadiially  they  diverged  from  one  anotlier  in 
at  his  head.  However,  he  restrained  himself,  (liU'ereiit  ])aths.  The  Senator  visited  eveiy 
and  they  commenced  another  ;:ame.  Much  to  jdace  in  the  city,  ])eered  into  dirty  houses,  exani- 
his  delit,'lit  the  Senator  heat.  He  now  hejian  i  ined  iiavements,  investijiated  fonntains,  stared 
to  explain  to  Hnttons  exactly  why  it  was  that  i  iiard  at  the  l)i'j:^'ars,  and  looked  emiously  at 
he  had  not  heaten  hefore.  |  the  Swiss  (inanl    in  the  I'opc's  I'alace.       He 

Another  Rame  followed.  The  Senator  lost  I  soon  heeaine  known  to  the  lower  classi's,  who 
voefully.  His  defeat  was  in  fact  dispraeeful.  lecomiized  >\illi  a  ^'vin  the  tall  forei;:lU'r  llnit 
When  Mcinheer  Sehatt  said  the  ominous  wiu'd  shouted  ipiecr  I'orei^n  worils  and  made  funny 
the  Sen.'itor  rose,  and  was  so  overcome  with  vex-    gestures. 

ation  that  he  had  not  the  courtesy  to  say — Good-'       Diek  lived  amoiij;  churches,  palaces,  and  rii- 
night.  j  ins.     Tired  at  length  of  wanderin;:,  he  attached 

As  they  i)assed  out  Meinlieer  Sehatt  was  seen  himself  to  some  artists,  in  whose  studios  ho 
staring  after   them  with    his  lar;.'e    hliie  eyes,    jtassed  tiic  greater  part  of  his  al'ternoons.      H(\ 


stroking  his  heard,  and  whispering  to  himself- 
'  (jr-r-r-acious  me  I" 


heeaine  ]iei>oiial!y  accpiainteil  uilli  nearly  everv 
inemhcr  of  the  tVateriiiry,  to  whom  he  endeared 
himself  hy  the  execlleiice  of  his  tohacco,  ainl 
his  great  capacity  for  listening.  Your  talkative 
people  bore  artists  more  than  any  others. 

"What  a  lovely  girl!  Wiiat  a  look  she 
gave!' 

Such  was  the  thouL:ht  that  burs'-  u|ion  the 
soul  of  Dick,  afier  a  little  visit  to  a  little  ihureli 


IICrOSE   AND  AFTLK. 


TlIK  Doner:  CLUII;  OU,  ITALY  IN  MDrCCLIX. 


ii|ion  tlio 
li'  (liiucli 


llmt   pciOH  l>y  tlic  n;iinQ  of  Saint  SiimuboJy  <ii  fortli  a  pulii  piucc  dfaliout  twenty  dollars  viilue. 

i/iiiiriri /oii/diii.      He  luul  visitoil  it  siiiijily  bo-  lie  licUl  it  (nit.     The  piiest  staicil  at  liiiii  witli 

c.uisc  he  luul  lieanl  that  its  (liiiiensii)i)s  exactly  a  look  that  was  niipalliiiK. 

i'()rres]ioiul  with  thoso  uf  eacii  dt'  tiie  ihiet'  ]iiers        '•  It'you  kiuw — "  falieriul  Dick — "  any  one — 

that  sujiliort  tiie  doniu  o(  Saint  I'eter's.      As  he  of  course  I  don't  mean  yonrsell' — far  from  ii — 

wisl'.ed  to  he  accurate,  he  iiad  taken  a  tape-lino,  hut — that  is — '' 

nnd  \)cp\n  stretciiiii;;  it  from  tlio  altar  to  the         "  Sir,"' cried  the  priest,  "  who  are  yon?     Are 


ijiior.  The  ast(ini-he«l  |iriests  at  tirst  stood  par- 
!ih/ed  liy  his  sacrilegious  impndence,  hnt  final- 
ly, after  a  consultation,  they  c  inie  to  hiui  and 
onlereil  him  to  li'  n^'W.'.      Dick  looked  np  with 


there  no  hounds  to  your  inipiidetico  ?  Have 
yon  come  to  insult  inc  hecause  I  am  a  jiriest, 
and  theri'foi'e  can  iKJt  reveiiije  myself?  Away  I" 
The  jiriest  choked  with  ra;ie.      Dick  walked 


mild  wotidcr.     They  in(ii;^nanlly  repeated  the  out.     IJitterly  he  cursed  his  wretched  stnpiility 

oilier.  that  had  leil  him  to  this.      His  very  ears  tinpled 

Dick  was  extn'Mnly  sorry  that  he  had  jjiveti  with  shame  as  he  saw  the  full  extent  of  the  iii- 

oil'etise.      Wouhhi't  they  overlook  it?      He  was  suit  that  he  had  otVered  to  a  priest  and  a  t;en- 

a  strati^'cr,  siiid  <lid  not  ktiow  that  they  would  tleinan.      He  conclude<l  to  leave  l!ome  at  once, 

lie  iinwilliui;.      However,  since  he  had  hejiiin,  lint  at  the  very  moment  when  he  had  inadj 

ho  supimsed  they  woidd  kindly  perinit  him  to  this  desperate  resolve  he  saw  some  otie  coming, 

finish,  A  -h  lip  thrill  went  thronnh  his  licart. 

— "They  would  kinilly  do  no  such  thiiii:,"  ItwasSiii:!     She  lookctl  at  him  and  Klaiice  I 

remarked  one  of  the  prii'sts,  lirn-ipiely.      "Was  modestly  away.     Dick  at   onco  walked   ii]i  to 

their  church  a  common  stahle  or  a  wine-shoj)  her. 

"Signorina,"'  said    he,  not   thinking;  what    a 
serious  thin,'  it  was  to  address  an  Italian  maiden 

have  courtesy;  or,  if  he  had  no  faith  himself,  in  the  streets.     15ut  this  one  did  not  resent  it. 

could  he  not  respect  the  faith  of  others?'  She  looked  up  and  smiled.      '■  What  a  smile  I" 

Dick  f(dt  nhashed.     The  eves  of  all  the  wor-  thou;;ht  Dick. 


that  he  should  presume  to  iiudest  them  at  their 
serviees?     If  ho  had  no  reli;;ion,  could  he  not 


sihijiers  were  on  him,  and  it  was  while  rolling; 


^i;,'norina,"he  said  a^'ain.  and  then  sto])pcd. 


ii|)  his  tape  that  his  eyes  iii.'t  the  {.'lancu  of  a    not  knowing'  u  hat  to  sa\.      His  voice  was  very 
h'autit'ul  Italian  ^rirl,  who  was  kneeliuj;  opjio-    treniuhMis,  and  the  expression  of  his  face  ten- 


site.  The  noise  had  disturhed  her  devotions, 
and  she  had  turned  to  see  what  it  was.  It  was 
A  thrilliiiK  .ulance  frotn  dooj)  hlack  lustrous  orhs, 
in  which  there  was  a  soft  and  melting;  Iaii;.'nor 
which  he  could  ttot  resist.      He  went  out  daz- 


•r  and  Ik'S, 'celling.      His  eyes  told  all. 
"  .Si^jiioie,"  said  the  jrirl,  with  a  sweet  smile. 
The  smile  eiicoura;jed  Dick. 

'•Klieni — I  have  lost  my  way.     I— I — conld 
you  tell  me  how  I  could  get  to  the  I'ia/.za  del 


zlcil,  and  so  completely  hewilden'd  that  he  did    I'optdo?     I  think  I  mi^^ht  find  my  way  home 
not  think  of  waitin;;.      After  he  had  },'oiie  a  few    from  there."' 

Mocks  he  hurried  hack.     She  had  t,'one.     How-  '      The  girl's  eyes  lioamed  with  n  mischievous 
ever,  the  itii))ression  of  her  face  remained.  Ho''*- 

He  went  so  often  to  the  little  church  that  ilio  |  "Oh  yes,  most  easily.  Yon  j.o  down  that 
jiriests  noticed  him;  hut  finilinj;  that  he  was  street;  when  yon  pass  four  side-streets  you  turn 
(piiet  atid  orderly  they  were  not  olfended.  One  to  the  left — the  left — rememher,  and  then  you 
of  tlieni  seemed  to  think  that  his  rebuke  had  keep  on  till  you  come  to  a  large  church  with  .a 
awakened  the  young  foreigner  to  a  sense  of  fountain  hi'fore  it,  then  yon  turn  round  that,  and 
higher  things  ;  so  he  one  day  accosted  him  with  yon  see  the  obelisk  of  the  Tiaz/.a  del  I'opolo.'" 
iniieh  ])olitetiess.  The  priest  delicately  brought  Her  voice  was  the  sweetest  that  Dick  had 
forward  the  claims  of  religion.      Dick  listened    ever  heard.      He  listened  as  he  would  listen  to 


meekly.      At  length  he  asked  the  priest  if  he 


and  did  not  hear  a  single  word  that  he 


re 


collected  a  certain  young  girl  with  beautiful    comprehended. 


face,  wonderful  eyes,  and  marvellous  appearance 


l'ardotiine,"saiil  he,  "  but  would  you  please 


that  was  worshiping  there  on  the  day  that  he    to   tell  me   again.      I   can   not  remembci-   all. 


c;imo  to  measure  the  church. 
'  Yes,"  said  the  jiriest,  c(ddly. 


Tl 


iree  streets ; 


("ould  ho  tell  her  name  and  whore  bIio  lived  ?  ,      Dick  sighed. 


The  girl  laughed  and  rcj^ated  it. 


'Sir,"  said    the  priest,  "I   had    liojied    that 


I'm  a  stranger  hero,  and  am  afraid  that  I 


you  came  here  t'roiu  a  higher  motive.      It  will    can  not  find  my  way.      I  lel't  my  map  at  home, 
do  you  no  good  to  know,  and  I  therefore  decline    If  I  coidd  finil  some  one  who  would  go  with  nic 


tell 


ing  yi 


d  shii 


Dick  begged  nmst  humbly,  but  the  priest  was        He  looked  earnestly  at  her,  but  she  modestly 
inexoratile.     At  last  Dick  remembered  having    made  a  movement  to  gn 


Are  you  in  a  great  hurni'?"  .said  he. 
'No,  Signore,"  replied  the  girl,  softly. 
'Could  you — a — a — would  you  be  willing — 
'erha]is  an  Italian  gentleman  was  ditVerent  from    to — to — walk  a  little  jiart  of  the  way  with  me, 
at»  Knglisli  or  American;   so  he  jiut  his  hand    and — show  me  a  very  little  part  of  tlio  way— • 
iu  his  pocket,  and  blushing  vbdently,  brought   only  a  very  little?" 


heard  that  ati  Italian  was  constitutionally  un- 
able tn  resist  a  bribe.  He  thought  he  might 
irv.     True,  the  jiriest  wag  a    gentleman  ;    but 


^ 


ns 


Tin:  lIODGlv  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  LN  .MDCCCLLY. 


'*•'!■ 


\i 


,    .' 


^-aXn 


"Any  wny,"  tlioiijilit  l)it-k,  "  slie  ou-Iit   to 
luuicrstniul." 

"And  dill  yon  sec  nw  \vlipii  I  was  in  that 
little  church  with  a  incasurini;  line?'' 

The  yiiUMK  (;iil  loukcd  iij)  at  him,  her  hirce 
eyes  reading  his  very  soul. 

'•  Did  I  lixik  at  you?     Why,  I  was  jravini:." 
I  "Yon  I, Hiked  at  me,  and  1  have  never  foi- 

gotten  it." 

Another  ;:hinre  as  tli(ini;h  to  assure  herself 

,'     ol"  Dick's   ineaninjx.       The  next   niDinent   her 

%    eyes  sank  and  her  t'aee  llii-.|ieil  eriinson.      I)ick'> 

•',,,;    heart  heat  so  l'a>t  that  he  euuld  not  s]ieak  I'or 

some  time. 

"  Si<;niirc',"  said  the  yiiiin^';;irl  at  last.  "  when 
■j     you  tnni  that  corner  yun  will  see  the  I'iaz/a  d(  1 
"i'    i'ojiolo." 

■^^  "Will  you  f.ot  walk  as  far  as  that  eurner?" 

-C     said  Dick. 

:'o         "Ah,  Signore,  I  am  afraid  I  will  not  have 
vV     time." 

"Will  I  never   sec   you  again  ?"  a.iked   he, 
■s,     monrnfally. 

"  1  do  not    know,  Sigr.orc.      You   ought    to 
"i    know." 

•1  A  ])ause.  Doth  had  stoiiped,  and  Idik  vas 
>  looking  earnestly  at  her,  hut  she  was  looking  at 
<     the  ground. 

"i  "  How  can  I  know  when  I  do  not  know  even 

your  name?     I^et  ine  know  that,  so  that  I  may 
'     think  ahont  it." 

7  '       "Ah,  how  you  try  to  llattevi      r)Iy  name  is 
I'epitfi  (iianli." 
I       "  And  do  yon  live  far  fi'om  here?'' 
I       "Yes.      I'live  close  hy  tiie  Ihisiliia  di  .'^aii 
-     I'aolo  fnori  le  inure.  " 

"  A  long  distance.      1  was  out  there  once." 
"  I  saw  you.'' 
Dick  exulted. 

"How  many  times  li.ivc  ynii  seen   mc?     I 
'  have  only  seen  you  once  liefore." 
The  p:irl  seemed  half  to  consent,  hut  mod-        "  Oh,  seven  or  eight  times." 
rstly  hesitated,  and  a  faint  Hush  stole  over  her        "And  will  this  be  the  last?''  .said  Dick,  he- 
face,  seechingly. 

"All  do!"  said  Dick.       He  was   desperate.        "Mgnore,  if  I  wait  any  longer  the  gates  will 
"  It's  my  only  chance,"  thought  he.  he  shut." 

The  girl  softly  assented  and  walked  on  with         "Oh,  then,  hefure    you  go,  tell  nie  where  I 

him.  can  fmd  you  to-morrow.      Itl  walk  out  on  that 

"I  am  very  miudi  obliged  to  you  for   your    road  will  I  see  you  ?     Will  you  come  in  to-mor- 

kindness,''  said  Dick.      "It's  vimt   hard  for  a    row?  or  will  you  stay  out  there  ami  shall  1  go 

stranger  to  find  his  way  in  Home."  there  ?    Which  of  the  houses  do  you  live  in  ?  or 

"Hut,  Signore,  hy  this   time   you  ought    to    where  can  I  find  yiui  ?     If  you  lived  over  on  the 

know  the  whole  of  om-  city."  Alltan  Hills  I  wouKl  walk  everyday  to  ilnd  you." 

"A\'liat?     How?"  Dick  spoke  with  ardor  and  imiK'tuosity.     The 

"Why,  you  have  been  hero  three  weeks  at    deej)  feeling  which  he  showcil,  and  the  mingled 

lo.ist.''  eagerness    and    delicacy   which    he    exhibited, 

"  How  do  you  know  ?''  and  the  young  man    seemed  not  otl'ensive  lo  his  comjianion.       .She 

blushed  to  liks  eyes.      Ho  had  been  telling  lies,    looked  up  timidly. 

nml  she  knew  it  all  the  lime.  *      "  When  to-morrow  comes  you  will  be  think- 

"  Oh,  I  saw  you  once  in  the  church,  and  I    ing  of  something  else — or  perhajis  away  on  those 

have  seen  vou  with  that  tall  man.     Is  ho  vour    Alban  mountains.      You  will  forget  all  about 

f.tthcr?"  mo.     What  is  the  use  of  telling  you?     1  (uight 

"  No,  only  n  friend."  to  go  now." 

"I  saw  you,"  nnd  she  shook  her  littb;  head  "  I'll  never  forget  I"  burst  forth  Dick.  "Nov. 
triumphantly,  nnd  her  eyes  beamed  witli  fun  or — never,  llelieve  mc.  On  my  soul ;  and  uh, 
nnd  laugliter.  Mgnorimt,  it  is  not  much  to  ask  I" 


I 


Till-;  DODP.K  (  LUIJ;  OH,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


CD 


Ir.;  tliillU- 
V  (11  lIlOSL' 
ilil    illlOUt 

i.    "Ncv. 
;  ami  oil, 


J 


'•  Confound  it!" 

]5iitt()iis  liiiniudly  left,  luul  ran  all  tlic  ^vny  ta 
tliL;  (.■  iniLT,  round  wliicli  lie  passud. 


r;:riT\. 

Hi"!  aidoi"  caniod  liiin  away.  In  tlio  liroad 
^tiTct  lio  actually  made  a  p'stiu'e  as  tli(iu;;li  lu; 
>v()iiid  taki!  liur  iiaud.  'I'lii!  youii;^  girl  driMv 
liack  lilusliiug  do(!ply.  She  looked  at  him  with 
a  ri'iiroat'hfiil  j»laiice. 

"  Voii  for-ft— " 

AVhcrciiiioii  Dick  iuterrniitod  her  with  innii- 
iuora')lo  ajiologics. 

"  You  do  not  ih'spi-vQ  Oirpiveness.  Hut  I  will 
forgive  you  if  you  li'ave  mo  now.  Did  I  not 
tell  you  that  I  was  in  a  hurry  ?" 

"  Will  you  not  tell  me  where  I  can  ser-  you 
(ifraiii  ?" 

"I  sup]ifiS3  I  will  he  walking;  out  ahuit  tliis 
time  to-morrow." 

"Oil,  Siguoriiia  I  and  I  will  he  at  the  f,'ate." 

"  If  y(jii  don't  forj;ct." 

"Would  you  he  aiiury  if  you  saw  me  at  the 
pato  this  eveiiiiig?" 

"Yes;  f)r  friends  are  goiuf;  out  with  me. 
Adilio,  Si^-nore." 

Tlie  youu;.'  t;irl  dejiarted,  leaviiii;  Dick  rooted 
to  the  spot.  After  a  while  he  went  on  to  the 
I'ia/.za  il'd  I'ojiolo.  A  thousand  f<'elin;;s  a.L;i- 
tated  him.  Joy,  triumph,  perfect  hliss,  were 
miu.:;Ied  with  touutless  temler  recollections  of 
the  ulanee,  the  smile,  the  tone,  and  the  hlushes 
of  I'epita.  Ill'  walked  on  with  new  life.  So 
nhstracted  was  his  mind  iu  all  kinds  of  delicious 
nntieipatious  that  he  ran  full  a;;ainst  a  man  who 
was  hurryiuj;  at  full  speed  and  in  eijual  ahstrae- 
tion  in  the  ojiposite  direetion.  There  was  n  re- 
coil. Hoth  fell.  Hoth  hegau  to  make  a])olo- 
gies.      l!ut  suddcniv  : 

"Whv,  Huitous!" 

"Why,  Dick!" 

"  Where  in  the  world  ilid  you  eomo  from?"' 

"  Where  in  the  world  did  you  come  from?'' 

"  What  arc  you  after,  Huttons  ?" 

"  Did  you  see  a  carriage  jiassin:;  heyond  that 
oorner  ?"' 

"  Xo,  none." 

"  You  must  have  seen  it." 

"Well,  I  didn't." 

"  Why,  it  must  have  just  passed  you." 

"I  saw  none." 


CIIArTEH  XXVI. 

Cfl\«EQtTNC  F.S    (IK    mciNT,    (JAM. ANT    I\    ITAI.V, 

wiiKiti;  Tiir'ut;  auic  i.ovf.us,  iiisiiAMis,  imorii- 

i:us,  FATIIi:i{S,  ((USINS,  ANI>  ISNC.MICIiAin.i: 
orilKK  UKI.ATIVES  AMI  CU.NNliLTIUN;*,  Al-1. 
liEADV  WITH  Tin:  STILETTO. 

AiTKit  his  meeting  with  T'e|)ita,  Dick  found 

it  extremely  difficult  to  rt'straiu  his  impatience 

j  until  the  following  evening.      lie  was   at    the 

!  gate  long  hct'ore  tho  time,  waiting  with  trem- 

hling  eagerness. 
I      It  was  nearly  sundown  hcforc  she  came;  hut 
;  she  did  come  at  last.      Dick  watched  her  with 
strange    emotions,  murmuring    to    himself  all 
those    peculiar  epithets  which   are   commonly 
ii.-ed  hy  peojile  in  his  situation.       The  young 
girl  was  nnmistakalily  lovely,  and  her  grace  and 
heautv  might  have  atfeeted  a  sterner  heart  than 
Dick's. 
I       "  Now  I  wonder  if  she  knows  how  perfectly 
and  radiantly  lovely  she  is,"  thought  he,  as  slio 
looked  at  him  and  smiled. 

He  joined  her  a  little  way  from  the  gate. 

"  So  you  do  not  forget." 

"  /  forget !  Hefore  I  spoke  to  yon  I  thought 
of  you  without  ceaswig,  and  now  I  can  never 
f  Mget  you." 

'•  Do  your  friends  know  where  you  are?"  she 
asked,  timidly. 

"  Do  you  think  I  would  tell  thcni  ?'' 

"  Are  yon  going  to  slay  long  in  Koine?" 

"  I  will  not  go  away  for  a  long  time." 

"  You  are  an  American." 

"  Yes." 
I       '•America  is  very  far  away." 

"  liut  it  is  easy  to  get  there." 

"  How  long  will  you  he  ill  Home?" 

"  I  don't  know.     A  very  long  time." 

"  Xot  in  the  summer?" 

"  Yes,  in  the  summer." 

"  Hut  the  malaria.  Are  you  not  afraid  of 
that  ?     Will  your  friends  stay  ?" 

"I  do  not  care  whether  my  friends  do  or 
not." 

"  I5ut  yon  will  he  left  alone." 

"  I  snp]iosc  so." 

"  Ihit  what  will  you  do  for  conijiany  ?  It  will 
bo  very  lonely." 

"1  will  think  of  you  all  day,  and  at  evening 
come  to  the  gate" 

"  ( )li,  Signore  I     You  jest  r.nv.  '" 

"  How  can  I  jest  with  you  ';" 

"You  tlon't  mean  what  yo:i  s;  -.'' 

"I'epita  I" 

I'epita  blushed  :^:.d  looked  oinbarrasicd. 
Dick  had  called  her  hy  her  C'lirislian  name  ; 
but  she  did  not  appear  lo  rc'et  it. 

"  You  don't  know  ^iio  I  am,'  she  said  at 
i  last.  ' '  Why  (h)  you  pretend  to  he  so  friendly  ?" 
'^     "1  know  that  you    are  I'epita,  and  I  don't 


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T;1K  DOUGK  CLUB;  OH,  ITALY  IN  MlKTCI.iX. 


want  to  know  nny  tliinp  more,  except  one  thing, 
wliicli  I  am  afraid  to  ask." 

rciiita  i(iiicki'ni'il  lior  jiace.  I 

"J)o  nut  walk  so  fast,  repila,"  saiil  Dick, 
!)('si'c(.Iiin;.'ly.  '•  Let  the  walk  he  as  luii^;  as 
you  can."  i 

"  lUit  if  I  walked  so  slowly  yon  would  never 
.Vt  me  ^'et  home." 

••  I  \vi«h  1  conld  make  the  walk  so  slow  that 
we  could  s|icnd  n  life-time  <in  tlie  road." 

I'cpiia  lau<;li('d.  '• 'I'liat  woidd  Le  ft  Ion;,' 
tini<'." 

It  was  f^cttin;;  late.  The  sun  was  halt'way 
hclow  the  horizon.  The  sky  was  llamin;;  wiih 
golden  lij,''.it,  which  jrlanced  dreamily  through 
the  hazy  uinios|ihere.  Kvery  thin;,'  was  toned 
iloun  to  siift  iieauty.  Of  course  it  was  the  sea- 
son for  lovers  and  lovers'  vows.  Tepita  walked 
a  litlle  more  slowly  to  (djlijre  Dick.  Mie  uttcreil 
an  occasional  murmur  at  their  slow  ])ro;.'res9, 
hut  still  did  not  seem  eaper  toipiieken  her  pace. 
Kvery  step  was  taken  nuwillint;ly  l)y  Dick,  who 
wanted  to  jnohjUK  the  hnjipy  time. 

I'epita's  vnice  was  the  sweetest  in  the  wurld. 
and  her  soft  Italian  soinide.l  more!  musically 
than  that  lanL;na;,'e  had  ever  soiiiiih'd  hefure. 
She  seemed  luippy,  and  hy  many  litlle  si^;ns 
showed  that  her  eonipani(ni  was  not  inditl'erent 
to  her.  At  lenjilh  Dick  vontiuvd  to  otl'er  his 
arm.  She  rested  her  hainl  on  it  very  ^cnlly. 
anil  Dick  tremiiliMisly  took  it  in  his.  The  little 
hand  llnttercd  t'ura  lew  minutes,  and  then  sank 
■o  rest. 

The  sini  had  now  set.  KveninK  in  Italy  is 
f.ir  diU'erent  from  what  it  is  in  northern  lati- 
tudes. There  it  comes  on  pently  and  slowly, 
sometimes  pmlon^'int,'  its  jiresence  for  hours, 
and  the  liniit  will  he  vi^ihle  until  very  late,  In 
Italy,  however,  it  is  short  and  ahru]it.  Almost 
as  soon  as  the  sun  disa]i|)('ars  the  thick  shad- 
ows come  swiftly  on  ami  cover  every  tiling.  It 
was  so  at  litis  time.  It  .seemed  but  n  nioment 
after  sunset,  and  yet  every  tiling  was  t.'rowin^; 
indistiiu'l.  The  clumps  of  trees  j;rew  Id.ick  ; 
tlie  lioiises  and  walls  of  the  ( ily  hehiiid  all  faded 
into  a  mass  of  nloom.  The  stars  shone  faintly. 
There  was  no  moon. 

"  I  will  lie  Very  late  to.nij;hl,''  said  I'ejiita, 
timidly.  I 

••  IJiit  are  you  miu'li  later  than  usual  ?'* 

"  I  >li,  very  much  I" 

'"There  is  no  dan;:er,  is  there?  I5ut  if  there 
is  you  are  safe.  I  can  protect  you.  Can  you 
trust  1110?" 

"  Ves,''  said  l\']iita,  in  n  low  voice. 

It  was  too  dark  to  see  the  swiftly-ehanKiniJ 
color  of  re.pila's  faei'  as  Dick  mm'miired  some 
words  in  her  ear.  l!iit  her  hand  tremhled  vio- 
lently ,'is  Dick  h(dd  it.  She  did  not  say  a  \\nn\ 
in  res|Minse.  Dick  stood  still  for  a  moment  and 
l)e;;j;ed  her  to  answer  him.  She  made  an  ellort 
and  w  hisj)ered  some  iinlistinet  syllahles.  Where- 
upon Dick  railed  her  hy  every  endearinp  name 

that    he  could  think   of,  and Hasty  foot- 

stepsl      Kxelamations  I      Shouts!     They  wero 
surrounded!    Twelve  men  or  more — stoat,  stponw 


fellows,  magnified  hy  the  j;loutn.     I'cpita  shriek- 
ed. 

"Who  are  yon?''  cried  Dick.  "Away,  or 
I'll  shoot  yon  all.     I'm  armed." 

'•  I'lidi  I"  saiil  one  of  the  men.  coiiteiii|iluously. 

"Oil'!"  cried  Dick,  as  the  fellow  diew  near. 

He  |iut  him-elf  heforc  I'epita  to  protect  her, 
and  thrust  his  ii>;ht  hand  in  tlie  hreast-poeket 
of  his  coat. 

"Who  is  that  with  yon?"  saiil  a  voice. 

At  tlie  scpiind  of  the  M.ice  I'epita  Uttered  !\ 
••ry.  Dariiii^'  Iroin  hehind  Dick  she  rushed  tl;^ 
to  him. 

"It  is  IVpiia.  LiiiKi  !" 

"I'epita!  Sisierl  Vt'hat  <lo  you  mean  hy 
this?"  said  the  man  hoarsely.  "  Why  are  yoii 
so  late?     Who  is  this  man?  ' 

"An  American  ^'enticman  who  walked  ou,. 
!is  f.ir  as  this  to  jirotect  nie,"  s.iid  I'epita,  l-::i;  t, 
iuti  into  tears. 

"  An  American  ^'cntleinan  !"  said  Lni;:i,  s\  \:h 
a  hitler  sneer.  ■'  lie  came  to  ]in>tect  y(ni,  did 
he?  Well;  we  will  show  him  in  a  few  miu- 
nles  how  grateful  we  aris'' 

Dick  st I  with  folded  arms  awailiii;;  llie  re- 
sult of  all  this. 

"Lui;.'i!  dearest  hrotherl"  cried  I'epita,  \\illi 
a  shuilder,  "  (jii  my  soul — ill  the  name  of  the 
Ilidy  Mother — he  is  an  luumralile  American 
>;entleman,  and  he  came  to  protect  me." 

"  Oh  I   we  know,  and  we  will  reward  him." 

"  Liiitji  I  Luifii :  '  moaned  Tejila,  "if  you 
hurt  him  I  w  ill  die  !" 

"Ah!  Has  it  come  to  that?"  said  I.ui^i, 
liitlerly.  "  A  half-hour'*  acquaintance,  and  you 
talk  of  dying.  Here,  I'epita;  p)  home  with 
Ivicardo." 

"  I  will  not,  I  wil!  r.ot  (,'<)  a  step  iiniess  yoii 
let  him  ro." 

"Oh,  we  will  let  him  pol" 

"  I'romi-e  me  you  will  not  hurt  hiin." 

"  re).ita,  po  home  I  ■  cried  lief  brollier, 
sternly. 

"I  will  not  nnless  yon  ])romisc." 

"Foolish  j;irl  I  Do  you  sujipose  we  are  po- 
\nu  to  hieak  the  laws  ami  ^i^■l  into  trouhle? 
No,  no.  Come,  j;o  home  with  I'.ic.irdo.  I'm  j;o- 
iiij:  to  the  city." 

Uicnrdo  came  furwnril,  and  Pi'j'ita  allowed 
herself  to  he  led  away. 

When  she  was  out  of  si^ht  and  hearing  Lui- 
gi  npjiroached  Dick.  Amid  ihe  j;loom  Dick  did 
not  sec  the  wrath  and  hate  that  mi;.'ht  have  been 
on  his  face,  hut  the  tone  of  his  voice  was  jias- 
sionate  and  menaeiii),'.  He  prejiarcd  for  the 
worst. 

"That  is  my  sister. — AVreteh  !  what  did  you 
mean  ?  " 

"  I  swear — " 

"  Peace  !  We  will  ^ivc  yon  cause  to  remem- 
ber her." 

Dick  saw  that  words  and  excuses  were  useless. 
He  thought  his  hour  hud  come.  Ho  resolved  to 
•lie  game.  He  hadn't  ii  jiistol.  His  inan<i'nvro 
of  putting  his  hand  in  his  jiocket  was  merely  in- 
tended to  deceive.     Tho  Italians  thought  that 


TIIK  DODGE  CLUIJ;  OK,  ITAIA'  IN   MDCCCLIX. 


71 


[litasltiick- 

•  Awiiy,  or 

iiijitiintisly. 
licw  near, 
iniiui't  Ikt, 
t'iist-iiotkct 

(lice. 

I  iittorril  fl 

!  nislioU  u;\ 

U\  iiu!  yon 

ualkcil  o\\ 
jiita,  Ijiiiit, 

Liii;:i,  w'vh 
ct  yuii,  (li.l 
a  lew  lain- 

liii^  llie  10- 

'cpitM.  \'.  iili 

nine  of  the 
AiiKjiiciiii 

M 
III'. 

iril  liiin." 
ta,  '•  if  you 

said  I.iii(:i, 
i'i>,  anil  you 
lionie  with 

UllicSS  VLU 


in." 
•V   brother, 


we  are  po- 
lo troiilile? 
lo.    Tm  t;o- 

itii  alloweil 

I'aiiiiK  Liii- 
III  Dick  did 
t  liavi"  been 
•0  was  ]ins- 
cd  for   the 

Kit  did  vou 


;  to  roiiicni- 

crc  useless, 
rcsulvcd  to 
1  iiiiin<viivrc 
s  merely  iii- 
lunight  that 


if  !ip  had  one  he  woiiM  lia\c 
iloiK'  more  than  iiuMition  it. 
lie  would  at  lea.st  liave -.how  n 
it.  Ill'  li.'id  statiDiU'il  hiiii- 
si'lf  iiiid<'r  a  tree.  The  ii.eii 
were  licfoiv  iiiiii.  Lui^i  rush- 
rd  at  liiiii  like  a  wild  li'.ist. 
Diik  cave  him  a  treiiieiidoiis 
Idow  hctwei'll  his  eyes  that 
kiioeked  him  headloii;,'. 

"You  eaii  kill  me,"  he 
••houteil,  "hilt  you'll  tiud  it 
hard  work  1" 

l'))  jiiiiiped  Liii;ii,  full  of 
fipy :  half  a  do/.eii  others 
riisheil  simultaneously  iit 
l)iik.  He  struck  out  f^vo 
vigorous  Mows,  wliiih  erasii- 
e  I  a^'aiiist  the  faces  of  two  of 
til  '111.  The  next  iiioiiu'iit  he 
wa-^  oil  the  (^roiiii  I.  ( In  the 
piuiiiid.  Imt  striking;  well- 
aimed  hlows  and  k'.ekiii};  vi^- 
(jr"ii«ly.  He  kicked  one  fel- 
low comiih'tely  over.  The 
lii'iilal  Italians  struck  and 
Kicked  him  in  return.  At 
last  a  tremendniis  blow  de- 
sceinled  on  his  head.  He 
sank  senseless. 

When  III"  revived  it  was 
inteii-^ely  <Iark.  He  was 
eo\ereil  with  jiaiiifiil  bruises. 
His  head  aelu'd  violeiiily. 
He  eoiild  see  iiothiii}:.  He 
aroso  and  tried  to  walk,  but 
soon  fell  exhausted.  So  he 
crawled  closer  to  tho  trunk 
of  the  tree,  and  ^imaiied  there 
in  his  ]iaiii.  At  last  he  fell 
into  a  li;:lit  sleep,  that  was 
lunch  iuterni|ited  by  his  siilV.'riii:.r.  | 

He  awoke  at  early  twili-ht.  He  was  sfifV  and  ] 
sore,  but  very  much  refreshed.  His  head  did 
not  pain  so  excessively.  He  heard  the  triekliiifi 
of  water  lie  ir,  and  saw  a  brook.  There  lu>  went 
and  wa^iied  hiinselt".  The  water  revived  him 
i;really.  I'ortimatcly  bis  clothes  were  only 
slightly  torn.  After  wa.-hin;;  the  iilood  fiiun 
his  f.iee,  and  buttoning  bis  coat  over  his  blooil- 
Ktained  shirt,  and  briishiiif;  the  dirt  from  his 
clothes,  he  ventured  to  return  to  the  city. 

He  crawled  rather  than  walked,  often  sfo]i- 
]iin;;  to  rest,  and  once  almost  faiutin;;  from  ut- 
ter weakness.      Miit  at  last  he  reached  the  city, 
and  nninat;ed  to  lind  ii  wine-cart,  the  only  velii-j 
cle  that  he  could  see,  which  took  him  to  his  I 
loddiiifis.     He  reached  his  room  before  any  of  , 
the  others  were  u|>,  and  went  to  bed. 


AS     INTl.ltl'.ri'TION. 

CHArTKU  XXVII. 

I)I(  K  ON  Tin:  SICK  I.IsT.— HAI'TIKK  OF  HITTONS 
.\r  .MAKIS(i   AN    IMl'DliTANr  l)|-l  OVtCKV. 

Gi!I:at  was  the  surpri-e  of  all  on  the  follow- 
iiiji  moiniiiK  at  liinlin;^  that  Dick  was  eonrnied 
to  his  bed.  All  were  very  anxious,  and  even 
Muttons  showed  considerable  feeliii;.'.  For  as 
much  as  a  <iiiartcr  of  an  lionr  he  ceascil  thinkiiiK 
about  the  Spaniards.  I'oor  Dick!  Wiiat  on 
earth  was  the  matter?  Had  he  fever?  No. 
l'erhai)s  it  was  the  damp  ni).dit-air.  He  should 
not  have  been  out  so  late.  AVhere  was  he  ?  A 
confounded  Jiity!  The  Doctor  felt  his  jiiilse. 
There  was  no  fever.  The  ]iatient  was  very 
jiale,  and  evidently  in  great  \n\h\.  His  eom- 
jih'.int  was  a  mystery.  However,  the  Doctor 
reeommended  perfect  quiet,  and  hoped  that  ii 
(liw  days  would  restore  him.  Dick  said  not  K 
word  about  the  events  of  the  evening.  IIo 
thought  it  would  do  no  good  to  tell  them.  He 
was  in  great  pain.  His  body  was  black  wiili 
frightful  bruises,  and  the  depression  of  his  mind 
was  ns  deep  as  the  jiain  of  his  body. 

The    others   went  out  at  their  usual  hour. 


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The  kiiul-licartoil  Sciiiitnr  rci'iaincd  iit  liotiip  all  I 
(lay,  ainl  sat  liy  Dick's  Ik'iIskIi-,  MiiiKMiiiics  talk-  [ 
iiit;,  siiisicliini's  rcailiiiK.      Dick  !i>';.';.'ctl  liiin  tiot 
to  imt  liiiiiscif  to  so  niiicli  incoiivcniciifo  on  his 
accoiiiit  ;  liiit  such  hin;.'iiago  was  distastuful  tu  j 
th-.'  Senator. 

".My  hoy,"  lie  saiil,  "1  know  tliat  yon  won  hi  | 
do  as  much  for  inc.  Mcsilcs,  it  is  a  I'.ir  greater 
jilcasnic  to  (h)  any  thin;;  for  you  than  to  walk 
iihout  merely  to  nialil'y  inysclt'.  Don't  aiu.ln- 
pi/.e,  or  tell  mu  that  I  am  tronlilinj,'  inysell'. 
J^cave  inc  to  do  as  I  ]ileasc." 

Dick'*   jji-atefnl    lo(di   expressed    more    llian  i 
words.  I 

III  n  few  days  lii-;  pain  liad  diininislied,  and  ^ 
it  was  cviih  lit  that   hi;  would  l)U  out  in  a  t'ort- 
iii^'ht  or  so.     TIk'  kind  attentions  of  iiis  friends 
all'ectcd  him  ^M'eatly.    They  all  spent  more  time 
than  ever  in  his  room,  niul  never  came  there 
without  iprin);ins  1''"'  '^oiiiu  little  triile,  such  ns 
prapes,  nranp's,  or  other  fruit.      'i'he  Senator 
lomied  all  over  Home  for  n,  hook,  and  found  ' 
A'iotor  Mn^'o's  works,  which  he  lion;:ht  on  ii  vent-  ■ 
ure,  and  had  the  gratifuaiiuii  of  teeing  that  it 
was  acce|itrdil!.  I 

All  snspi  ('led  somcihinfj.     Tho  Doctor  had 

concluded   from    the    first   that    Dick  had  met 

with  an  accident.    Tliev  had  too  much  delicacv 

1.1*1 
to  ((uesiioii  him,  lint  made  many  conjectures' 

nmoiiK  ihomselves.  'J'hc  Doctor  tliont^ht  that 
lie  had  Iieeii  anion},'  some  ruins,  and  met  with  n 
fall.  Mr.  I'ljrj^s  su;;t;csied  that  he  mi;i!it  have 
been  run  over.  Tiio  JScnntor  thou^^ht  it  was  i 
80111?  Italian  epidemic.  Hiittons  was  incaiiahle 
of  thinkiii;;  raiioiially  almnt  any  tliin;^  just  then. 
He  was  the  \iciim  of  a  monoiiiaiiia  :  the  Span- 
iards :  ! 

Aliinit  a  week   after  Dick's  niht'iitiirc  I'lit- 
tons  was  siroilin;;  ahout   on    his   usual   finest,  ^ 
when  he  was  attracted  hy  a  liir^c  crowd  around 
the  Cliiesa  di  (lesii.      The  splendid  eipiipajtes  j 
ot  the  eaiclinals  were  crowded  ahout  the  I'linci- 
]  al  entrance,  and  from  the  interior  sniinds  of, 
luiisic  cani"  lloatiii},'  niaKuifieently  down.     15ut-  : 


tons  went  in  to  s  ■(•  wliat  wa<  ^'oiii;;  on. 


A  vast 


crowil  filled  the  cliurcli.  l'rit'st.<  in  (jorsonus 
vestments  olliciate  I  at  tlie  liinh  altar,  which 
was  all  ahlaze  with  the  litrlit  of  enormous  wax- 
candles.  The  >.'looni  of  the  interior  was  lu'i>;lit- 
eiied  hy  the  clouds  of  incense  that  rolled  oil 
hi>;h  far  within  the  vaulted  ceiliii);. 

The  I'ope  was  there.  In  one  of  the  ndjoin- 
in;»  cliamhers  li;:  was  jierformiu:.'  ii  ceicmouy 
wliiih  someliines  tak"s  jdace  in  this  (diiircli. 
(iniiled  l>y  instinct,  liiittons  pres>cd  liii  way 
into  the  cliamlier.  A  liumher  of  jieople  tilled 
it.      Siuldeiily  lie  uttered  an  exclamation. 

Just  as  His  Holiness  was  rising  to  leave,  Hiit- 
toiis  saw  the  group  that  had  tilled  his  thoii^'hts 
for  weeks. 

'i'he  Spaniards!  No  mistake  this  time.  And 
he  had  heen  ri^^lit  all  aloii};.  All  his  elVnrts 
had,  after  all,  been  based  on  someihiii};  tan^;i- 
hle.  Not  in  vain  had  he  had  so  many  walks, 
runnings,  cliasiii;.'s,  searcdiinps,  strolU,  so  many 
lio|ics,  fears,  desires,  disconra^^emelits.  He  was 
ri;;ht  I  .Joy,  rapture,  bliss,  ccsta.-y.  deli;;ht  I 
There  tlicv  were:  t/w  llitU  jMiit — riii.  Du.v.na — 
IDA! 

Huttoiis.  lost  for  ft  while  in  the  crowd,  ami 
pressed  away,  never  lost  si^ht  of  the  Spaniards. 
They  did  not  sec  him,  however,  until,  as  they 
slowly  moved  out,  they  were  stopjicd  and  greet- 
ed with  astonishiii};  eaj;erness.  'I'he  Don  shook 
hamls  cordially.  The  Donna — that  is,  the  eld- 
er sister — smiled  sweetly.  Ida  blushed  and 
cast  down  her  eyes. 

Nothing  could  he  more  gratifung  than  this 
reception.  Where  had  he  been';'  How  long 
in  Ivonie  ?  Why  had  they  not  met  before  ? 
Strange  that  they  had  not  seen  him  about  the 
cily.  And  had  he  really  liecii  here  tliree  weeks  'i 
Hiillons  informed  them  that  he  had  >w\\  them 
seviral  times,  but  at  a  distance.  He  had  been 
at  all  the  hotels,  but  had  not  seen  their  names. 

Hotels!  Oh,  they  lived  in  lodgings  in  the 
Palazzo  t'oncini,  not  far  from  the  I'iazza  del 
I'opolo.  And  how  much  longer  did  he  intend 
to  stay?-  Oh.  no  particular  time.  His  friends 
enjoyed  themselves  here   a  cry  much.      He  did 


'#^v;v:^^^;3'>' 


rooB  Dicii! 


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ar,  wliii'li 
lou.s  wnx- 
iis  hriplit- 

lolllll   oil 

lie  ivlJDiii- 
ciMi'iiKiny 
IS  climvli. 
1  his  way 
oIjIi'.  (iUcJ 
lioli. 

leave,  Hiit- 
s  tlioiiglits 

iiiic.  Ami 
his  fiVcii'ts 
liiij,'  taiini- 
aiiy  waliis, 
s,  sti  many 
Ho  was 
y.  .Kli;;iit: 
1.  Du.SN.V  — 

ciowil,  mill 
Siiaiiianls. 
til,  as  tlicy 
I  ami  t:roet- 
I  Don  slioiik 
is,  tlie  eld- 
iluslied   and 

;:  ilian  this 
llnw  lonj; 
net   hct'ore  ? 
aliiiiit  tlio 
nvii  weeks? 
^eell  them 
le  had  heen 
■ir  names. 
iii;:s  in  the 
l'ia/./..i  del 
ho  inteml 
His  tViends 
He  did 


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not  know  oNuotly  wlion  tlioy  would  leave.  How 
loll;;  would  tliey  rcinuin  ?  — 'I'lioy  intended  ti; 
loavo  for  Floreiieo  on  the  t'oliowiiii;  week. — Ah  I 
Ho  was  tiiinkin;;  of  k'aviiij;  tor  tlio  same  jdacc 
lit  uliout  tlie  saiiio  time.  Wliereii|ion  the  Don 
expressed  a  jiolito  !io|ie  that  they  mit'lit  sec  one 
nnolher  on  the  journey. 

Hy  this  time  the  erowd  had  diiiiiiii>hed. 
Tliey  looked  on  while  the  ro|>o  eiiteriid  his 
statc-eoaeh,  and  wiili  strains  (,f  miisie,  and 
Iiraneinf?  of  horses,  and  array  of  dragoons, 
ilrove  maKnilicently  away. 

The  Don  turned  to  ISuttons  :  Woidd  he  not 
nccoiupauy  tlieiii  to  tlieir  lod;;in.;s  ?  'I'liey  were 
just  aliout  returning;  to  dinner.  If  ho  were  clis- 
en;,'a(;ed  tiiey  should  he  most  hajijiy  to  have  the 
lioiior  of  his  coiii]iaiiy. 

JSuttons  tri^'il  very  hard  to  look  as  thoiinh 
he  were  not  mad  witli  ea;;oniesi  to  aceejit  t!io 
iuvilation,  hut  not  very  suocessfnlly.  The  car- 
ri.i;^o  drove  oil'  r.ipidly.  Tlio  Don  and  Buttons 
on  one  scat,  the  ladies  on  tlie  otiier. 

I'lion  the  t'aee  of  Mi  as  she  sat  opposite  I 
Such  a  face  I  Such  a  smile  I  J^ucli  witchery 
in  her  expression  !     Siicli  music  in  lier  lauj;h  I 

At  any  rate  so  it  seemed  to  ISuttons,  and  that 
is  all  tliat  is  needed. 

On  throii;^li  the  streets  of  liomc;  jiast  the 
liost-ollieo,  roan  I  lU :  column  of  Antoninus,  u;> 
the  ("orso,  until  ai  1  ist  they  stoiijycd  in  front  of 
nn  iininense  edilicc  which  had  once  heen  a  jial- 
aco.  The  descendants  of  the  family  lived  in  a 
remote  corner,  and  tiicir  poverty  conip  died  them 
to  let  out  all  the  r  tnaindcr  as  lod^iii;;s.  This 
is  no  uiu'omtnoii  tl.iuf;  in  Italy.  Indeed,  there 
arc  so  iiiaay  ruin  •  I  nohles  in  tlio  country  that 
those  are  fortiiui'  :  who  have  a  slieltcr  over 
their  heads.  Huiums  remarked  this  to  the 
Don,  who  told  some  stories  of  these  fallen  no- 
hles. He  informe  I  him  that  in  Kaplcs  their 
laundress  was  said  to  ho  t!i'  last  scion  of  one 
of  the  most  ancient  families  in  the  kin;,'dom. 
She  was  a  countess  in  her  own  ri^,dit,  hut  had 
to  work  at  menial  lalior.  Moreover,  many  hail 
sunk  down  to  the  grade  of  peasantry,  and  live, I 
in  Siiualor  on  lands  which  were  once  the  estates 
of  their  ancestors. 

lUittons  s]ient  the  ovoninjx  there.  The  rooms 
were  (doLiant.  Hoflks  lay  around  which  showed 
a  cultivated  taste.  The  youn;;  man  felt  him- 
self ill  a  realm  of  eneliantmcnt.  The  joy  of 
moetiii;;  was  licif;litened  liy  their  nnnsnal  com- 
]'laisance.  Diirin;:  the  evcniiig  he  found  out 
all  ahoiit  them.  They  lived  in  Cadiz,  where 
the  Don  was  a  merchant.  This  was  their  first 
visit  to  Italy. 

They  all  had  fine  ])ercoptions  for  the  heanti- 
fiil  in  art  or  nature,  and,  hcsides,  a  keen  sense 
of  tlie  ludicrous.  So,  when  Huttons,  growing; 
commuiiicativc,  told  tliem  alxnit  Mr.  ri^'gs's 
adventiiro  in  tlie  hall  of  St.  I'eter's,  they  were 
greatly  amuseil.  He  told  alioiit  the  ailvontures 
of  all  his  friends.  He  told  of  himself:  allatioiit 
the  chase  in  Nn])lcs  15:iy,  and  his  jmrsnit  of  their 
carriage  from  St.  I'cters.  Ileilid  not  tell  them 
thar.  he  had  done  this  more  than  once.     Ida 


was  amused  ;  hut  Hiittons  Alt  gratified  at  see- 
ing a  little  confusion  on  her  face,  as  though  she 
was  conscious  of  the  real  cause  of  such  a  per- 
scvcriii;^  pursuit.  Shu  modestly  evaded  his 
glance,  and  sat  at  a  little  distanco  from  the 
others.  Indeed,  she  said  hut  little  during  the 
whole  evening. 

Vi'hen  Huttons  l.M't  he  fi  It  lik(!  a  spiritual  ho- 
in^'.  Ho  was  not  eoii'-i'ious  of  treading  on  any 
material  earth,  hut  seeineil  to  float  along  ihi'oiigli 
eiiclianted  air  (iver  tiie  streets  into  his  lodgings, 
and  so  on  into  tlio  realm  of  dreams. 


CIIAI'TKll   XXVIII. 

1  WHAT   KINI>  OF  A  I.ICTTF.H  TI!F,  SirsATDIl   WnoTn 

!      Foil  iiii;  '•  m:w  fm^i.ank  i-ArMor,"  wiim  it 
I      .snows  A  Titii:,  i.iin:uAi.,  iMiiAsi;i>,  I'l.AiN,  in- 

I        VAItMSllFI)    VlliW    OF    KoMli. 

,       '•  Diriv,"  said  the  Senator,  as  he  sat  with  him 

in  his  loom,  "  I've  heen  thinhiiig  over  your  toin; 

of  mind,  more  partieiilarly  as  it  appears  in  those 

letters  which  yon  write  home,  such  as  you  read 

the  other  day.     It  is  a  surprising  thing  to  mo 

how  a  young  man  with  your  usual  good  .sense, 

keenness  of  perception,  and  fine  education  can 

allow  yourself  to  l>o  so  completely  carried  away 

hy  a  mawkish  sentiment.      Wliai  is  the  nse  of 

all  these  memories  and  fancies  and  hysterical 

emotions  that  yon  talk  ahoiit  ?     In  one  iilaco 

yon  call   yourself  hy  the   ahsiiril  name  of  '  A 

Tensive  Traveller.'     Why  not  he  hone>t  ?     Ha 

a  sensihle  ,\meriean,  cxhihitin,'  in  your  thought 

and  in  all  your  actions  the  clV.vt  of  ilenioeratie 

principles  and  stilt' repiihlican  instiliitioiis.     Nov,' 

I'll  read  you  what  1  have  written.      I  think  the 

matter  is  a  little  nearer  the  mark  than  your 

IliJifs    if  fancy.      Hut  jiorhaps  you  don't  carj 

jast  now  ahniit  hearing  it  ■:*" 

"  I'uleed  I  do ;  so  read  on,"  said  Dick. 

"A'  I  liiivt!  tr.ivollcil  cniisidiT ililo  in  Italy,"  w.ii.l  llie 
S<Miiit.ir,  ro.iilinn  frnni  ii  |i:i|icr  wliicli  lir  lir.'W  fr.ini  liiit 
I»Kkft,  "  Willi  my  cyi'S  wide  "IH'II,  I  liiive  ■mnr  i.lni  cil'tll  ^ 
I'Mialiy  and  of   tlio    geii'Mul   cuiiilili'iii   of  tiio    farmiiit; 

The  Senator  stopped,      "  I  forgot  to  s.iy  that 
I  this  is  for  the  Xcir  ICii'ihtnd  Patiial,  laihlished 
in  our  village,  you  know." 
I      Dick  nodded.     The  Senator  resumed  : 

''TIic>  soil  fj  rpmnrkiililv  rich.  I'vcn  wlioro  tliofo  nrn 
mi^iiiitiiili-'  llicy  are  well  wno.leil.  So  if  tlic  fnMn  Ino'c 
will  it  i-<  not  I'lirpii^'iiig.  \\  li.it  i--  •'lupiiiii:,'  i-"  ill.'  nilli- 
viilioii.  I  rt:uv  iiliin^lir'  such  a"  Ailum  ini(,'lit  hiivc  ii^ivi  wlirii 
forci'd  for  tlii'  first  tiiiic  to  turn  up  llic  t;roiiiiil  oiitsi.li'  tlio 
lix'ality  iif  VAi-n  ;  linriMHs  «liirli  were  pnilnlily  iriviMiti'l 
liy  NiiMia  I'oinpi'y,  nn  <  11  It'inan  tliat  p  o|il,'  talk  alvnit, 

I  "Tliry  liaviMi'l  any  i  li'n  of  ilraitiin^'  vW-.w.  I'nr  \wn  is 
a  placHralliHl  tlio  l'i>iitin>'  .Marsh,  li(>aiitiiiil  snil,  siirruiaiil- 
ivl  hy  a  s.>tllcd  cmintry,  unci  vut  tlicy  lot  it  (jo  to  w.iato  ul- 
nio<t  cntir  ly. 

>•  TliP  Itaiinns  nrp  Iiizy.  Tim  si  rr  t  of  tlirir  hid  fiirm- 
in 'liix  in  thi-'.  For  the  o  on  lull  and  siiiikoua  t"i'  f  iii'i", 
liMivioi;  tho  poor  wonicii  to  toil  in  iho  (1  |i|i.  A  w.iiiiiii 
pI'Minhin:;!     And  yet  llio-i'  poople  wan;  to  lio  fro.'. 

••They  wpar  loatlicr  li'sxyins,  short  brt-i  rhi'-i,  and  Jiclt- 
ets,  Mn'iy  of  thnin  v.iMir  wooden  shoos.  Tlio  «  nuinoftho 
s.Hitli  use  n  cincrr  kind  of  oiitlniidisli  invKV-iln-s,  wliiili  If 

,  tlioy  spnnt  li  ss  tinii'  in  fixing  it  wotil  I  he  hettcr  for  tliilr 
own  wiirldly  pp>sp('ritv. 

i  "  Tho  oattio  aro  fino  :  v<>ry  Iirnal  in  l:io  chost,  with 
gplendid  action.     I  don't  h'lii'vn  anv  oti"  ,■  c-oiintry  ran 

,  sliow  auch  c^iitlo.    Tlii.'  pigsn;ec,'ii:ilii!y  ;;;n  l,j-t  I  ivur  saw 


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Bi 


M'  -*"-.  n  .-!/  ''-  H 


"^0\ ^M-'^^^'M 


H 


V^^  "^^TW^ 


liv  a  I.>:i'.r  cliil'.;.  Tli'irilmi"  hoit  'ill  cri'ili'ii.  A  !r'i>n.l 
lit'  liil:ir  ii;-'  iii.ii!('  "ciiii!  -krti'lii'j,  wlrcli  I  will  lUt  I"  iIm' 
l.yrriiiii  'ill  my  n  turn.  Tin  y  I'Xliihi;  111'  Mricnlo  pi,"  in 
viiii"iH  atliliuli'^. 

"  Till!  li'iM'-',  "11  llii'  r  mtinry,  nn'  poir  iiITmIiv.  I  linvo 
yot  in  ?(•  Ilir  lii-l  ilfifht  liDiYc.  Till-  iinini:il-i  riniil'Viil 
iiy  tnivc  Hits  i.'i  inivilly  nn'  lln'  Inwcst  nf  ilicir  -pi'i'ii'y.  'i'lic 
diiHH  wiiirli  till'  li'ir-i's  wiiir  ari' nf  a  ^in^.'llla^  I'll")"'.  I 
••aii'i  ili.Tiili.'  tlii'iii  ill  HiiiiiiL',  but  tluy  l"uk  iiiiirc  liku  a 
llat-ii'iii  t!ni:i  any  iliiii.'  il-i'. 

"  I  pii'l  a  vi-it  t'l  I'l'Miiirii,  mill  nil  rnniinji  Imck  I  enw 
Piilili'iit'  III  c.iii-<i  f  I  111'  Ci  ml  I  try.  'I  Imy  pivriiiii'  aili'plni'- 
nlili^  Mra  "f  tin-  Kliiti'  nf  llm  iiJi'fiil  iiil-i  ill  lliis  pl.ir'. 
Siiititilif  fiiiiniiiL'  i--  niit  nf  till!  iiiifetiuu.  If  tiiif  iilaiitii- 
tinHH  al'i'  HiTii  it'.-*  Nntiiri'  liiM-n  it. 

"  Vim  yiii'l-'  iiliniin'i  rvi'iywlici'i".  Wliio  Inn  print  fla- 
(ilo  nf  till'  rniintiy.  Vit  tliry  ilnii't  I'Xii'Ht  iniirli  iifiir  all. 
In  fart,  tin-  fniiii,'!!  cniiiiin'ret!  iii  rniii|mralivily  liitlinp. 
I'lientniits  anil  nlivi':<  am  r.ii'^i'il  in  iiiiini'iiHi'  iiuantilii'H, 
TliiM'lii't'tniit  i.i  iw  r.^^'i'iitiiil  t'l  till'  Iliiliaii  as  tlir  pntalii  is 
lo  tlie  Irl-linian.  A  f.iiliim  in  tin'  rrnp  is  nttriiili  il  with 
till!  fniiii"  ili  astrniis  rnnsciiniiKcs.  Tliiy  ilry  llir  nuts, 
).-riiiil  lliini  int'i  a  kinil  nf  tlnnr,  nnd  miiki'  tlii'iii  intnraki's. 
I  tasti'il  niii'  an<l  ('inn  I  it  almniinalili'.  ^'nt  iliisi'  iicnpli' 
cat  it  Willi  pnlir,  ami  (,'rnw  fat  mi  i(.  (:lii>slinit  liriail, 
oil  instra'l  nf  laitlii',  wiuu  iiisluail  nf  tia,  anil  ynii  liuvc  an 
Itali.'in  im  :il. 

"  It's  a  line  rnmitry  fir  fruit.  I  fimn<l  Gnotn  mimnnil- 
nl  liy  iirani,'i':_'r'ivi's.  'I'lu'  lliils  an  Inipnrtaiit  article  in  ilio 
cnilininy  nt  an  Italian  Imusi  liuM. 

''I  liiivn  Ik'iii  in  Knnii'  tlirri-  wicks  Many  pi'.ipli-  takn 
niiirli  inli'ic't  in  this  plan',  tlmnuli  qiiilo  miiiii  rssaiily.  I 
il"  lint  tliink  it  is  at  all  ispinl  In  Ikislnn.  Vt't  I  have  takin 
(;ri'at  pains  t"  nxaniilio  tin"  pliii'C.  'I'lir  stircts  iiri'  niri'iw 
aiiil  crnnki'l,  liki'  tluKc  nf  llnflinn,  'i'lny  ari'  i-xtrrnnly 
dirty.       'I'lii'ii'  all"  iin  siilpwalks.      Till'  (.'iiitir  is  in  tlin 

iniilillo  nf  Ihi'  strut.     Tin-  | pli' niipty  their  slnp^  fmni 

tlii'ir  winilnws.  Tlii'pnviini'n'sHro  Innl  iinil  very  slipprry. 
Thu  ai-i'iiiiiiilatinn  nf  tilili  almiit  tlio  Firi'cts  is  iinniin-", 
Tlii'iliain  !.'■  is  nnt  i;iHKl.  Tlii'y  iicliially  iisi>  nni>  nlil  ilrain 
wliii-li,  lliiy  till  lue,  was  iiiailo  llircu  tliuiiaunil  yearj 
ag". 

'•  Gnii  linn  only  liocn  rpopntly  introiliirpil.  I  nmlerntnnil 
that  a  yrar  or  twn  aj."i  tlif  i-trfcts  wi'n>  lii,'liti'il  liy  nii'i'r- 
hI'U'  T'lntrivani  ts,  cniislstlni;  nf  n  moan  oil  lamp  sniiii|{  I'min 
the  niiililli!  nf  a  iii|k;  strt'lchi'il  aiTiss  tim  striit.  i 

"  Till' shnps  nri"  nnt  worth  imntioninL'.  Thrri"  arc  no 
inaLMiifii'dnt  Ihri.ivmtln  Sliiri'H,  mrh  an  I  have  snn  liy  Ihi' 
luintlrtiJ  iu  lluiituu:  uo  Uardware  Hturcs:   im  ^laialiul . 


I'lt'rnt  Miiliciiie  KiUfic's;  im  .-it;ns  nf  intirprisr,  in  fict, 
at  I'll. 

'•'I'lio  linusfiii  nro  vrry  niioonifi  rtiiMi'.  Tlioy  nrr  larjjii, 
aii'l  linllt  in  llii'fnrin  nf  n  M|nari'.  I'mpli'livi'  nii  srparatis 
llMt'.  If  it  is  inM  Ihiy  h:iM' In  >:rin  ami  111  ar  it.  Tlirri! 
arc  ii'i  stnvi'S.  I  liavi'.-iill'iii  il  nmri'  fh  f:  tlir  mlil  nn  snnio 
|■Vl■nin^,'•'  sinri'  1  liiiv  hrin  in  re  llian  i\nr  I  iliil  in-ilnniviit 
hnnii'.  I  liMVi'  a>ki'(l  f"i"  a  tlri',  hut  all  tin  v  rniilil  L'i\'i'  mn 
was  II  poi.'unmis  lilt'  uf  chaimal  ill  an  uarllicn  tiling'  like  a 
lia>ki't. 

"  Sninr  nf  tlipir  piitilii"  liiilMiniis  nrr  t'onil,  Imt  that  rnn't 

mnki'  tin-  pnpnlalinn  rnint.rtalili'.     In  I'm't,  tlin  i jilr  p'ti- 

I  rally  are  ill-rariil  tnr.  Ili'm  am  the  wn  irlinl  .Ii'h-,  who 
live  in  u  liltliy  ipiarter  of  tliu  I'ity  cmwileil  tn;:ellii  r  liko 
pit;s. 

"  Tlippinpln  pnsH  the  most  nf  their  tinii'  in  n  ITeeliomipa, 
Tliey  arean  iille  set  -have  iinlhii;i;in  tlie  wnilil  t'l  i!n.  It 
is  still  a  inyrtery  to  ine  linw  lliey  live. 

''  The  fail  i-,  tliele  ill''  tivi  many  snldiers  ami  priests, 
Nnw  it  is  eviileiit  that  these  p'litry,  heiiii;  n  in-prnlneers, 
must  lie  sii)i|iniliil  ilirirlly  nr  imlirirtly  liy  the  pi'iliirers. 
This  is  tile  laiise,  I  ^nplhMc,  uf  llie  puvi'i'ty  uf  a  t;ri at  pai  t 
nf  the  pn|iiihitinn, 

"  lli'K'-'iiiKis  reilnepil  fn  n  seienee.  In  fliisi  rnnfe-s  tlio 
Italian  heats  the  Ameriivin  all  tn  jiieei  s.  The  Am.  riiaii 
eye  liax  nnt  seen,  iinr  car  lieaT'I,  the  (le\  ii'cs  uf  nn  llaliati 
lanu'nr  tn  mt  alniii:. 

"  I  have  seen  them  In  ptrpat  crowiU  waillnc  niil-lile  nf  a 
monastery  for  their  ilinner,  wliiili  C"n>lsts  of  hiij:e  Imwli 
of  imrriilp'  jiiven  hy  the  iiinnks.  tan  any  lliing  he  inoro 
rninons  to  a  people? 

"The  only  trade  that  I  ronhl  ilisoover  aflir  a  rin'.r  an'l 
patient  seareli  wart  Hit!  trade  in  IiiikkIiis  ami  tny^  nliir.:i 
are  hniicht  as  nirinsltics  hy  travillers. 

'•  Tlie.v  arennlliini;  hut  cliiirohe.s  and  pnhires  wlnmvpr 
yiil  pi.  S'liiie  of  these  palaei'snreniieer-|nnkin;.'('"neeriiH. 
Tlieie  i'li't  line  ill  the  whole  Int  i  ipial  In  snme  nf  the  lil'lll 
Avenue  houses  In  New  ^ork  in  p  liiit  of  r.  al  jri  iiiilm'  style. 

"Then!  linslMcntO'iniiiih  inniiey  s|K'nt  in  rhiirehes,  ami 
tno  Utile  nn  linnses.  If  it  amniinteil  to  any  thinv:  it  nnillil 
not  he  HO  had,  hut  the  only  iffeet  has  heen  t'l  |  miiinte  an 
Idle  fondness  for  music  nnd  pictures  and  niiih  like.  If  tliey 
torn  down  nine-tcnthn  of  their  rliiirehes,  and  turned  them 
into  srhiKil-hnnsos  on  the  New  rii;;land  system,  it  wniilJ 
not  he  bid  fnr  tlie  rlsintr  (^eneratiin. 

"The  ncvspnp<'rs  wliidi  tliey  Imvoarp  miserahle  tlitnRl 
— wtctcliiiil  little  sheets,  full  of  lies— no  ailvcrll-^enieiits,  no 
news,  no  nothing.  I  (ji't  «  friend  to  translate  for  iiie  what 
prL'tcudud  to  be  tlio  lutcit  Aniericuu  nawa.    It  wan  a  col- 


Tin;  DUDUK  CLUB;  OK,  ITALY  L\  MIK.K  LL\. 


■r.rrl 


m.-x 


rpii.^i',  ill  ficf, 

luy  iiri'  liutjp, 

\i>  oil  fcpitrtttu 

iir  it.    'rticro 

cull!  oil  i-iimo 

ill  iiMl<Hir-at 

■  Mill    plVI'   IIK! 

n  tiling'  like  a 

lilt  tliMt  rnti't 

II'  1 l'l«'  (-•«'''■ 

ml  .li'H  -,  «lio 
liijatlii  !■  liko 

rlTi'i'limii'P''. 
mill  111  an.     It 

mill  prloi'ti'. 

iii-|iriii|ii('iTi«, 

Ihi'  iiriiiliiri't'i'. 

it'll  gi'iitt  |mit 

I I  roii<'i'>'C  llic 
III'  Anil  ricim 
ut'  nil  Italian 

!'_•  iiiitslilp  (if  a 

III  hilL'r  ll'iwll 

li.iif,"  III'  ni(iro 

I  r  a  I  iiiL'  aiiil 
III  tny.s  wliirli 

irrH  will  rcvor 

.ill_-  Cnlll-lTIll'. 

iifiii.'  rifiii 

iiiiiiii'i'tyli'. 
■hiirclii'H,  aiii! 
liini;  it  wonlil 

I  iviiiiiili'  nil 
llki'.     Ifthi-y 

tiirni'il  them 
ti'iii,  it  wiiuld 

tornliliMliinRi 

li-l'lllrll|i.  Ill) 

'.  fur  Mil'  wliiit 

It  MIU  II  Cul- 


li'otlim  of  iiiiii'iliTD,  ilml',  iiiilivny  ncriilciitii,  andntoamlxiat 
i,\|>Iii-iiiiH. 

"1  il  iii't  (IK"  wlint  liii|>i'  tlurr  i-i  fur  tliN  iiiifiirtiiliati' 
roiiiilry  :  I  ilnii't  rrally.  'I'lir  p  oiili' liavr  Kmi'mi  hh  Imn; 
ill  their  prrsiiil  I'liiirni'  that  th.y  iih'  IMW  iilnMll  iiirniri'.'l- 
|ili>.  It'  till'  <<iilir.'  p  ipiilatiili  wi  IK  ti  i>iiii;.'iiiti<  III  tin: 
Wi'^'tirii  >taf,i-,  iiii'l  iiii\  lip  H  ilh  til  puviilii  lliiT.',  it  iiiij!lit 
ijn  piH-iilili'  lir  thrir  dcMUt'inlumrt  ill  llii'  imiru  ol' liiim  tn 
aiii'iiiiit  til  iiiiiiK'tliiii;;. 

•*  I  ilmi't  HIT  liny  Imp"  except  iieHmp"  in  niK'  plan,  uliirli 
wniill  111'  111!  ilniiht  liii|KH-ilili'  Im'  tlii'^i'  lazy  ami  ilii'iiiiiy 
ItaliiiH  111  rany  mn.  It  i'  llii<:  Li^t  thiit  pimr,  hnikrii- 
(Inwii,  liiiiki'iiit  (iiivirniiiinl  iiiiiki'  an  iiiviiitnry  nf  Uh 
wliiilr  ^li«k  ut  J,  'vi'Ih,  piM,  piii^,  piitiirii!',  itml  «tati|iK.  I 
mnlcriliiiiil  Hint  tho  iiulnllty  tliruii^liiiiit  Ijimpii  wmilil  lii' 
williii'.;  lupiy  imni"ii.-<i'iiiiin  Driiiiiiiy  fur  tlirir  uniniin  iitn. 
ir  tiny  nil-  i'liils  I'lini'^li  I  )ili(  1^11,  tlirii  In  lliavin'it  iiaiiii' 
li't  llii'iu  liavi'  till.'  (•Iiiiiii'ii  Clinr  nut  tliii  Hlinli-  Ktnik  ut 
nililii^h,  mill  li't  till'  liiinl  ri^h  'uiiic  in  tu  npliiri'  it. 
Tliat  wiiiilil  Im  a  piml  lii'^'iiinili;J,  with  Kuiiiiithlliu'  laii|,'ilili' 
III  i-tarl  frulil.  1  am  lull  thai  Ih'  uriiainilit.-i  if  .-^t.  I'llrr'n 
Callii'ilriil  I'lHt  I'vnr  su  iiiiiiy  iiiilliuiH  uf  ■lulliiri'.  In  llin 
nam  '  ul'ij.iii.liii'-n  why  nul  ■'  ilmit  ill"  A'*-W  iiml  ri-all/.n  iii- 
ftoail  uf  i-i-iiilni^  tlm-'i- nitr,' il  iiuIi.k  I'ur  ttti'iity-livu  ci'iili', 
whii'hiiriiilatiamuiin  tlii'pi'upli' lu'iviit  inli.Hruuiit  ulaljniit 
Bcvi'iitv-livi'  pnr  I'llit.  f 

"Tiiin  111  ihi'iii  riiti  n  rallrml  imrili  ti>  I'l  irenou  ntiil 
onulh  tu  Naplic.  It  wmilil  up 'il  up  a  Hiii'  trart  nf  ciiiinliy 
whirli  i*  I'.ipihli'  uf  tjiuiviiiir  ;;r.iiii;  il  huuI  I  lap  tlic  tjiiat 
(ilivi'-;;nn\  Iiil;  ilUti  ii'l",  ami  mi^'iiuiti'  a  va-t  tnnli;  in  oil, 
wliii',  ainl  ilriiil  fniiiH. 

'•Till iiiitiy  iirniiiiil  liuiiid  i-i  nniiihnlilti'il,  lint  imt 

liariun.  It  U  .■<ii-kly  In  Kiiiiiiinr-liiiii',  Imt  if  IIh'ii'  wan 
It  pupilatiiii  mi  it  ivliu  wuiijil  niliiv.ili'  il  pruprrly  1  rali'ii- 
lat.'  th  ■  ill  iliiriii  wuiilil  vanish, iii'l  a'  tlin  tivnr  al|i|  ii^'iii; 

till  fi'iiii  iniiiy  Wi-lirn  ili-t,-irt'  in  mir  i iilry  hy  tlm 

Kiniii  a^'i'tii'l  ii.  I  calnilalc  that  ri'^Mun  rmilil  Im  niaili'  mii' 
nf  till'  111  I.1I  I'l'i'lili'  nil  tliii  ruiiinl  I'lirlli  if  ijii'iipiuil  liy  nu 
Inlii'li  i  iii'i  cliiJ."  iif  i'iiii'.;i'aiil.-'. 

"  Itilt  tliiiri'  I'  u  laiKi'  ^p.iri'  ili-Mi'  111 '  wiiIIh  nf  the  city 

Whil'll  rnlllil  III'  tlirlli'il  tn  till'  lu'-it  nf  plir|liim"<. 

••rill'  pi. nil  whirli  iHnil  to  l«!  till-  1,'uiiiaii  I'lirniii  1<  i\- 
ncllv  ciliiilali'il  In  111'  till'  liTiiiiiiiH  iif  thi'  lailriinl  wliii'li 
I  liavn  n.iu-,'.'.'<ti'i|.  .\  (•uniiiiii'liiiii-i  ili-|iul  luiiM  In'  mail  ■, 
n'l  I  III'' iluui-.way  iniKht  h'wurki'il  up  mit  nf  lliu  iin  li  ■  I 
Tail',  wliirli  Iluw  stiiUib  liluCiiiliK  up  tliu  wiiy,uiiil  i^  ut  im 
carthlv  iisn. 

"Till'  amuiint  nf  (•riimhllni;  ritunc-i  nii !  nl  I  rniiii'il  walli 
that  tliiy  I  ivi'  aliuiit  llii'  iiii.irtcr  nf  tliu  city  is  imtuiii^li- 
in:;.     Il  nii'.,'lil  imt  tn  Im  mi. 

"  Wiiaf  liii'  (niviTiuni'iit  nil-'ht  tn  iln  after  lioing  put  In 
fan  I-I  hy  Mie  prnci'-'n  nii'iitioiii'  I  almvn  U  l\\U: 

"  riieCiuViiilimniit  niijtht  In  t.  .iiilinvii  all  tlin-e  ntl-l'^ht- 
ly  li  lapi  uf  It  iiie  am!  enit  fielurii'-i  ami  iiiiliHlrial  scliui.l'. 
'i'lieii'  i-i  pli'iity  nf  mnlerial  tn  dn  It  with.  I'nr  iii.-taiice, 
lakii  til"  nil  ruin  calleil  theCuli-eiim.  It  i-<  ik  fart,  arrive  I 
at  hy  elalinrale  ealeiilaliuii,  that  the  enliie  (•uiiteiiti'  nf 
lliat  cnnecrn  are  limply  siilliiieiit  tn  ci):i:<lrm't  im  lei-n 
than  mil'  haiiilrii!  ami  lifly  lianl.inine  fiunnrie.i,  each  tivo 
liiiinlreil  fe "t  hy  .-eventy-live. 

"The  fai'turii"  lieiii'.;  liiiilt.  tiny  ruiiM  lie  devntiil  tn 
the  pr  uliiitinii  nf  tliii  timr  ti'iiiei.  Silk,'*  ninl  veli-.ti< 
cniihl  I),'  pr  nine  nl  here.  (ila-i.<  waie  nf  all  kiinls  cniilil  he 
liiaile.  Tiieru  \*  u  line  Itiiliaii  day  that  iiiake-i  nicu  ciipi 
unil  cTK-k-i. 

"  I  emilil  nlsn  nmjijest  the  fimuil'i  liuiiian  cenient  a.'*  an 
mlilitiniialarlicleiirexpnrt.  The  I  alieniiihn  iiiiiUm' tlueily 
coillil  he  |int  tn  imme  ilii t  piiniie  il  iiie. 

"  i  have  liaitily  put  uiit  111  'ne  f'W  I  leas  to  sliuw  what  n 
liliei'il  aiiil  eiili;;hti  iiiil  imliy  mi>;iit  ellect  even  in  siiili 
an  imprmiii.nin;!  phiee  a-<  llnm  •.  It  !■!  nut  piiih:ilile,  lunv- 
I'ver,  thai  my  iw'lieiiie  wniil  1  iiiiMt  with  f  iv  r  here.  The 
leaillii;^  ilan'.'H  in  thin  city  are  siieli  an  inciirihle  net  nf  nlil 
funie-i  that,  I  verily  U'lieve,  rath -r  than  ihi  what  I  have 
mitli-e-iU'  I,  they  wmilil  elin.He  1 1  have  the  earth  n|M>n  lieneatli 
tlieiii  an  I  .iwajlnw  them  iipfurever— city,  eluirelii'.'",  .itiitlle!-, 
pietiirei',  iiiii'ieiim~,  pilai'i'i".  rniii-i  a'lil  all, 

"  I've  nut  a  few  nther  iileiiJ,  'iiminif  whlili  will  wnrkfinnie 
(lav.  Siippuiii  lllI'Miii  "linill  "(ill  iH  111  r  pail  uf  Ameriea, 
Spain  Kell  11' Ciiha,  Italy  '_' ve  ii'  Kuiiie,  Tiirkeyaii  l»laiii| 
01'  two — then  wliiil  t    lint  I'll  keep  this  fur  aiimiier  letter." 

"That's  all,"  saiil  tlip  .'^cniitor. 

Dick's  face  was  dfawn  up  iiiii)  tlic  straiiRcst 
expression.  Ho  did  not  ,«iay  any  tliiiij;,  how- 
ever. T'ho  Senator  cnhiily  fnUlLMl  ti|>  Ids  jiaiicr, 
ftnd  witli  a  fhoujjhtful  air  Untk  up  his  hat. 

''I'm  gniti^t  to  tliat  Ciilisciini  attain  to  mcas- 
nro  a  jilare  I  forKot,"  said  lie. 

Upon  whicli  he  retiri'd,  leaving  l)ii.k  alone. 


I  CILM'TKU  XXIX. 

Tin:    lONKI.V    ONi:     ,\M)    IIH    riiMKOUTEIt.— TUB 

I  Till  i:  Mi:iiiriM:  inu  .\  sii  k  .m.\n. 

Dick  whs  almu!  in  his  cliaiiiher.  Vi;nfino- 
iiient  to  his  room  was  liad  enoii;;h,  Imt  uliat 
was  that  in  coMiparison  with  tlie  desolation  of 
soul  that  aDIii'ti'd  him?  I'epita  was  always  in 
his  thoii^'hts.  'I'hc  hri^dit  inoineiit  was  aluiK; 
I'l'tiit'iiilaTi'd,  and  the  liiaik  >ii'i|ind  emild  not  1 1'- 
liice  her  iiiiauc  Vet  his  ini^advi'liltire  showi'il 
him  tliat  his  clianei's  of  seeiii;.'  her  nt;:iin  wi're 
e.Nlieiiicly  faint.  Mat  how  could  he  i;ivo  her 
up  '{  'I'hcy  Would  soon  he  Icavinu  for  Flnrencc. 
How  could  he  leave  never  to  sec  her  auaiii — tlio 
iiivi'ly,  till'  sweet,  tlio  tender,  the —  A  faint 
kiiiii'k  at  t!i(^  door, 

'•{.'iiiiio  ill,"  t-uiJ  Dick,  without  \\>\\v^  from 
his  cliair. 

I  A  fetiiale  entered.  She  was  dressed  in  lilaek. 
A  thick  veil  liid  her  features,  but  her  hent  Wnwxa 
denoted  line  and  weariness.  JSlie  slowly  closed 
the  door. 

'  "Is  it  here  «li"ie  a  yoiitiK  American  lives 
with  this  iiatiic ':" 

She  held  (lilt  a  card.  It  was  his  naine,  his 
card.  He  had  only  >;ivcn  it  to  one  perr-oii  ia 
IJnme,  and  that  one  was  l'e|  ita. 

I  "Oil!"  died  Dick,  risiti;;,  his  whole  expres- 
sion chan;;iii^  from  sadness  to  capr  and  lie- 
sccchin;;  hope,  "  oli,  if  you  know  whcic  she  \i 
— where  I  may  find  her — '' 

The  female  raised  her  form,  then  with  a  hand 
that  treliihled  excessively  she  slowly  iilled  her 
veil.  It  was  a  face  not  old  and  wriiikl'.'d  hut 
yoiiiif;  and  lovely,  with  tearful  eyes  downcast, 

'  and  cheeks  stilVnsed  with  liliishcs. 

I  AVith  an  caper  cry  Dick  liounded  from  his 
chair  and  caii^'ht  iier  in  his  arms.  Not  a  word 
was  spoken.  He  held  her  in  a  sinili;,'  etiilnaic 
as  thouj^h  he  would  not  let  her  fro.  At  last  he 
drew  her  to  a  seat  beside  him,  still  holding  her 

I  in  his  arms, 

I  "  I  couhl  not  stay  away.  I  led  m>ii  into  mis- 
fortune. Oil,  how  you  have  still'ered  I  Yoti 
arc  thin   and    wan.      What    a    wfctcli    am    I  I 

j  When  yon  see  ine  no  more  will  you  foi'pjivo 
me  "i"'' 

1  "  Fornjve  !"  and  Dick  replied  in  a  more  em- 
phalie  way  than  words  alfnrd. 

"They  would  not  let  me  leave  the  lioiisc  for 

;  ten  days.  T'hey  told  me  if  I  ever  dareil  to  .sec 
you  iifraiii  they  would  kill  von.      So  I  knew  yoa 

I  were  not  dead,  IJnt  I  did  not  know  how  they 
had  beaten  you  till  one  day  liieardo  told  me  all. 

'  To  think  of  you  unarmed  t'lKhlinK  so  f;allanily. 

1  Four  of  them  were  so  bruised  that  they  have 

'  not  yet  recovered.  To-day  Liiifii  went  to  Civita 
V'ecehia.  He  told  me  that  if  I  dared  to  t:o  to 
IJome  he  would  send  me  to  a  convent.  Hut  I 
disobeyed  him.  1  could  not  rest.  I  had  to 
como  and  see  how  you  were,  and  to — liid — 
adieu — " 

"Adieu  !  bid  adieu  ?— never.  I  will  not  let 
yon." 

"  Ah,  now  yon  talk  wildly,"  said  I'epita, 
mournfully,  "  for  you  know  we  must  jiart." 


TC 


Tlir.  DOlHii:  (  LUD;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  MDfCCMX. 


"  Wc  f>Iinll  not  part.  " 

"I  «ill  liavo  to  i-o  liomo,  nml  jou  run  not 

fijlliiw  inc." 


"  Is  tlipro  no  liojie?" 

"  No — not  now." 

'•  Not  now  ?     And  wlicn  will  iliori'  lie? 


Cun 
'•Oil,  l't[iitn,  I  ran  not  pivo  you  nji.     You    it  lie   possililo   that  you   woiiM   j;ivc   ni  •    np? 
ulinM  i' '  tnino — no-    -my  will'— anil  come  with    'I'hcii  I  would  not  ^ivc  you  u|)I     If  you  do  nut 
iiu!   liomti— to  America.     And  wo  shall  never    love  mo  I  must  lovi;  yoii." 
a^aiu  have  to  part."  "('null"  miirmiind  I'cpita. 

"  Impossihle,"  said  l'c]iita.  a-*  iii;»  tcur-drojis        "  I''i'rj;ivc,''   said    Dick,  penitently.      "  I'cr- 
l",'ll  t'nnti  her  eu").      "  InijiossiMe  I''  |  Imps  I  am  too  sudden.      It' I  conic  liack  «;,':iiu 

"Why  inipossihli!  ?"  j  ill  two  or  three  mouths  \\ill  you  Lo  as  harU- 

"  Liiij;i  would  track  us  to  tiic   end  of  the  ^  liearled  as  you  are  now  ?'' 

"  llard-lieartcdl"    sighed    rejiita,  li^arfally. 
"  y'liii  should  iKjt   reproach  nic,      My  IroiiMes 


aorld." 

"  'I'raik  us  I  I  would  like  to  sec  hini  try  it  I" 
filed  Dick  iu  a  finy.  '•!  have  au  account  to 
iettle  with  him  which  will  not  he  pleasant  lor 
liiui  to  pay.  Who  is  ho  to  dare  to  stand  he- 
(ween  ine  and  yon?  As  to  tollowiii>;  me— 
Well,  I  have  already  fc'ivon  him  a  speeimeii  of 


nro  more  than  I  can  hear.  It  hiio  slijiht  tl.iitK 
that  you  ask." 

"Will  wailiiiR  snftcn  you?  Will  't  make 
nny  dilVoreuce?     If  I  e.inie  for  you—" 

"  You  must  not   leave  me  so,"  naid  I'epitn, 


wli.it  I  am.     Iwoiild;;ivu  ii  year  of  my  lifj  to    reproachfully.   "  I  will  tidl  youall.   Yoiiwilliiu- 
liav(!  him  alone  for  aliout  half  an  hour."  i  dorstund  me  hcttcr.   Listen,    My  family  is  noUle,'' 

"You  wront;  hiiu,"  cried  rejiita,  earnestly.  '  "Nohlel"  cried  Dick,  thunderstruck.  JIo 
"  Yoii  wron;.;  him.  You  niii-t  imi  talk  so.  lie  had  certainly  ah\Mys  ihnii;.'ht  Iu  r  a-toiii-liin^'ly 
is  not  a  laavo.  IIi;  is  niy  hrother.  IIo  has  lady-lik('  for  a  jcasaiit  ;:irl,  hut  attrilmted  lliis 
h^'cn  like  a  f.ither  to  nie.  lie  loves  mo  dearly,  to  the  siijierior  relinement  of  the  Italian  race. 
and  my  (joul  name  is  dearer  to  him  than  life.  "  Yes,  nohle,"  said  I'epita.  prouilly.  '•  Wd 
IIo  is  so  Hood  and  so  nohle,  dear  Liii>;i  I  It  s?pm  now  only  poor  peasants.  Yet  once  wo 
was  his  love  for  me  that  Minded  him  and  maile  were  rii-'-  'ind  jiowerfiil.  My  prandfaihcr  lost 
him  fiiiioiis,      IIo  thoa^'ht  you  were  deceivin;^    all   in  i,ie  wars  in  tin-  time  of  Napoleon,  and 


us  all,  and  wduld  not  li>teu  to  yoii." 

"  llilt  if  he  were  so  iiolile  wmild  he  hav(>  at- 

tacked  nil"  unarmed  man,  and  ho  at  tlio  h"ad 

of  n  dozen  V" 

"  1  tidl  you,"  cried  I'epita,  "you  do  not  know 

lliin.       He   was   so    hliuiled   hy   pas-ion   that   he 

had  no  mercy.      Oh,  I  owe  every  thin;:  to  hiiii  . 

Ami  I  know  how  j^ood  and  nohle  ho  is  I' 


only  left   his  descendants  ail   hoiKirahle   iiaine. 

.Mas  I   honor  and  titles  are  Worth  hiit  little  w  In  i 

one  is  poor.      My  bruther  Lal;,'i  is  the  Coiiiit  ili 

(iianti." 

"  And  yon  nro  the  Connte-s  di  fiianti." 

"  Yes,"  said  repita,  sniilili;:  at  last,  and  ha]i- 

.y  at  the  clian;;e    that   showed   it-ilf  in    Dick. 

"I   am   the  Countess   reniia  di  (iianti.      Can 


"  rejiiia,  for  your  sake  1  will  fjr^'ivc  him  you  understand  now  my  dear  Lui;:i's  hi^'ll  scnsu 
every  thiiij;."  i  of  honor   and  the  fury  that  he  felt  when   he 

"  I  can  not  stay  longjr,"  said  I'epita,  making:  llioii(,'ht  that  you  intendeil  an  insult?  Our 
an  clfort  to  rise.  poverty,  which  wo  can  not  escape,  (diafes  him 

"Oh,  I'epita  I  you  can  not  leave  me  for-  sorely.  If  1  were  to  desert  him  thus  suddenly 
ever."  '  it  would  kill  him." 

I'epita  fell  we(>pint,'  into  his  arms,  lior  slen- !       "Oh,  I'epital   if  waitinp  will  win  you  I  will 


der  firm  convulsed  with  emotion. 

"You  shall  not." 

"  I  must — there  is  no  help," 

"  Why  must  you  ?  Can  \oti  not  (ly  with  mo  ? 
What  prevents  ycui  from  liein;;  mine?  Let  us 
l:o  and  he  united  in  the  little  cliurth  where  I 
saw  yon  fust," 

"  ImiMissiidc  1"  moaned  rcjiita. 

"  Why  ?" 

"  IJccausc  I  couM  not  do  you  such  injustice. 
You  have  your  lather  far  away  in  Ameriea. 
You  nii^lit  otl'cnd  him." 

"llotheriny  f.ither  1"  cried  Dick. 

I'epita  looked  shocked. 

"  I  iiu-an — he  wcuiM  allow  nic  to  do  any  thin.; 
I  liked,  and  plory  in  it,  heeausc  1  did  it.  He 
wniil.l  chuckle  over  it  for  a  mouth.'' 

"  Ltii^'i — '' 


1 


eiiila,  do  vini 


love  him  hotter  than  mc  ?" 


"  No.  Imt  if  1  leave  him  so  it  would  hreak 


his  heart.     He  will  think   1 


ruined.     He 


will  declare  a  vendetta  ajrainst  yoa,  and  fullow 
vou  to  the  end  of  the  world." 


wait  for  years.      I.-,  there  any  hope  ?  ' 

"When  will  yon  leave  Koine?" 

"  In  a  few  days  my  fricmls  leave." 

"Then  do  not  stay  hehind.  If  you  do  you 
can  not  see  me." 

"  IJiit  if  I  eomo  apain  in  two  or  three  luunths  ? 
What  then  ?     Can  I  see  you?" 

"  I'crhajis,''  said  rejiita,  timidly. 

"And  yon  will  not  refuse  ?  No,  no  I  You 
can  not  I     How  can  1  find  yon?" 

"Alas!  you  will  hy  that  time  forget  nil 
ahout  mc," 

"Cruel  I'epital  How  can  you  say  I  will 
for;;ct  ?  Would  1  not  die  for  you?  How  can 
1  find  you  ?" 

"The  I'adrc  Lis'ior'-" 

"Who?" 

"  riulrc  Lipuori,  at  the  littlc  cliureli.  The 
tall  ]iriest — the  one  who  s|ioke  to  you." 

"  Hut  ho  will  refuse.      He  hates  mc." 

"He  is  a  pood  man.  If  ho  thinks  you  nro 
honorahle  he  will  he  your  friend.  He  is  a  true 
friend  to  me.'' 


)c  ?     Can 

III'  mi? 

(Ill  du  nut 


lu-k  111,'Miii 
ti.s  liard- 

ti'iirfiiUy. 

V    tl'iMllill'H 

'i^lit  tl.iiiK 
11  it  iiiiiKe 

id  rcpil". 
nil  will  ini- 
yisiiciliK'." 
niiU.  JIo 
[ipiii^iiinvly 
iliiiii'd  iljis 
i;\ii  niic. 
ly.      "Wo 

■t     (illCl!    VM! 
lI'llllltT    IllSt 

KiliMiii,  and 

;itile    li:ilil<'. 

lilllc  will-. I 

ie  L'uiiiit  di 

iitili." 
t,  iiild  liiip- 
\(  ill   Dicli. 
iiiti.      C'liii 
iit:li  scnso 

wliill    llQ 

ill?  Our 
ii;ilVs  hiiu 
Midilciiiy 

voii  I  will 


iciu  di)  you 
iM!  iiumtlis  ? 

11  n :    You 

loivot   all 

gay   I  will 
How  tan 

jrdi.     Tiic 
I." 

I.e." 

ks  you  nra 
Ic  i<  11  truo 


THE  DOnOK  CLUB;  Oil,  ITALY  IN'  MDC'CCMX'. 


77 


*'I  will  iL'C  liim  licfuro  I  Icavo  and  tell  liim 
nil." 
Thpro  were  voices  liulow. 
Top"    .  btaricd. 
"Til      lonie.     I  nui«t  go,"  gnid  she,  dmii. 

lilll;^  '"'1   "'"•  I 

"Coiiroiiiid  tlioni  I"  cried  Dick.  | 

'•  .\il'li<>:''  >i^licd  IVpila. 

Dick  ( iii;.'!it  liiT  in  his  uriiis.  Slic  loiv  lior- 
wlf  uwiiy  Willi  sulii. 

Slid  win  pine. 

Dick  sunk  lia^k  in  his  cliuir,  with  IiIh  eyes 
tixi'd  hungrily  on  ilic  door. 

"Hallo:'  biM-'t  till!  Doctor's  void!  on  his 
cars.  "Who's  that  idil  ^'iil'i'  llcy '  Why, 
Dick,  how  iialoymi  aiv  I  You're  worse  Han;; 
it!  jiiu'll  have  ii  rcla|»e  if  you  duu'l  iook  out. 
You  must  Illlike  ii  tniiil  cliaiiL'c  in  your  diet— 
more  gtiniiiiatin;.'  ilrink  ami  ^'enerous  food. 
However,  the  drive  to  l-'loreiice  will  set  you  all 
ri^ht  a^aiii." 


CII.M'IKU  XXX. 
Dcci  TATtDNs  AMI  n:iii;;iiiiN  \  rinss  nr  nrTTi'Ns. 

Ii'  Muttons  had  sjieiit  little  time  in  his  ruoin 
liefiire  he  now  s|ielit  le^s.  He  was  eN|ilorili;; 
ili'i  riiiiis  (if  liiiiiie,  the  i  hiirclies,  tiie  ]iietiire 
>:alleries,  and  tlie  (iiilaees  iiiuler  new  aiis|iiees. 
He  kiK.'w  t!ie  mime  of  every  jialacu  and  clinicli 
ill  the  place.  He  aei|iiired  tlii^  kllo\vled;;e  liy 
nieniis  of  siiperhiiinan  application  to  "  .Murray'-; 
Haiid-liodk  "  on  the  eveiiiii;;s  after  leavin^j  hi' 
cfi'ipaiiiijiis.     They  were  cnthu>ia>tie.  particii- 


l.-^^i^ 


lltTTj.U   A.\i-    i.LU;iAV. 


larly  thi'  ladies.  They  wcvf"  p(r'''!ly  familiar 
with  all  :lie  Spanish  painters  iiiid  many  of  tiiu 
Italian,  llntlons  felt  himself  far  inferior  In 
■  hem  ill  real  famili.irity  wiili  Art,  hut  he  iiiiido 
amends  hy  lirilliiint  criticisms  of  a  transcendent- 
III  iiiitnrc. 

Ii  wiiH  ciMtaiiily  n  pleasant  oceit|iaiinii  fur 
youth,  spri^;litliiie»x,  aii<l  heaiity.  To  w.inder 
all  day  hmi;  throii|.>li  that  ceiitr.il  wmld  from 
which  I'lirevcr  cmanale  nil  that  is  fairest  nnd 
most  entieiii;!  in  Art,  Aiitii|iiiiy,  and  Kcli^'ioii ; 
to  liavo  u  soul  open  to  the  reception  nf  all  tlicnu 
iiilliienees,  and  to  have  all  thing's  j^lurilied  liy 
Alniiciiiy  love  ;  in  short,  to  lu  in  luve  in  Home. 

liniiie  is  an  iiie\|i;iiisiiMe  sture-liiiii-u  of  at- 
traciioiis.  Var  the  lovers  of  piyely  tlierc^  nro 
the  drives  of  the  riiniaii  Hill,  or  the  \'illa  Kor. 
>;licse.  Kor  the  student,  ruins  wlio>o  very  dust 
is  cloiiuent.  Kor  the  artist,  freiisiires  licyniiJ 
price.  Kor  the.  ilevotee,  ndi^'ioii.  How  fnrtii- 
iiate,  tlioii):ht  linitniis,  t|i;it  in  additinii  to  i.ll 
this  there  is,  for  the  livers  of  the  heaiilit'iil, 
heanty  ! 

Day  after  ilay  they  visited  new  scciiej.  I'pon 
the  wliole,  peihiips,  the  liest  way  to  see  the  city, 
when  one  can  not  spend  one's  life  there,  is  to 
take  .Murray's  lland-lHiok,  and.  armed  with 
that  red  neees>ity,  dash  eiieivcti.ally  at  ilio 
work:  SCO  evi.-ry  thine  '''i't  is  meiilidiied  ; 
hurry  it  lip  in  the  orthodox  manner;  tluii  throw 
tiie  liouk  away,  and  jro  over  the  ;;roiiiid  anew, 
\\;iiideriii(,'  easilv  wherever  faiiev  leads. 


("HAi'Ti.u  xxxr. 

niTTiivs  ACTS  Tin;  (,1)01)  s\MAitir\N,  and  i.it- 
i:i;ai.i.v  iMCAiinis  a  .Mcisr  rsrM'i.i  11:11  vi<;- 
riM  ni-  AN  ATHCK  mrs  ii<)iiiii;io.— u;  uha- 
(  mis  mi:  1 

To  tlu'se,  once  wauderint;  idly  down  the  Ap- 
piaii  Way,  the  ancient  tower  of  Melelia  nise  iii- 
viiin;:ly.  'i'lie  cariiat;e  s|op|K!d,  ainl  ascend- 
in;.',  they  walked  up  to  the  ciiir.ince.  They 
marvelled  at  the  enormous  lilocks  of  travertine 
of  which  the  cdiliee  was  Iniilt.  tin;  nolile  sim- 
)  licity  of  the  style,  the  veiienilile  e:iriiioiit  of 
ivy  which  hid  the  rava^'i's  of  time. 

The  do  )r  was  ojicii,  iiiiil  tlicy  walked  in. 
liiittoiis  tirst  ;  the  ladies  •  uiidly  loUowiii;.' ; 
and  the  D<jii  Inin^'iiiK  up  t''  rear.  .Suddenly 
a  low  f;roan  startlecl  them.  It  seemed  to  eonie 
t'rom  the  very  depths  of  the  earth.  Tin;  ladies 
;;ave  a  shriek,  and  dashing  past  their  hrother, 
ran  <int.  The  Don  paused.  IJuttons  of  course 
ailvaiiced.  He  never  leit  so  extensive  in  his 
lit'e  liel'ore.  ^Vl'at  a  splendid  opjiortunity  to 
t;ive  an  cxhihitioii  of  manly  courat;e  !  fSo  he 
walked  on,  and  shouted  : 

"Who's  there':"' 

A  proaii ! 

Kiirther  in  yet,  till  lie  came  to  the  inner 
chamher.  It  was  dark  there,  the  only  li^ht 
coining  ill  through  the  passages.  T!iroii;;li  the 
;:li)oin  he  s.iw  the  li;;iuo  of  a  man  lung  ou  tlio 
lloor  so  tied  that  he  could  not  move. 


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78 


TIIK  DODGK  Cr.UB;  OU,  ITALY  IN  Ml;a(  LIX. 


•'  Who  arc  yoii  ?     Wliiit's  tiic  niatfor  ?"  ! 

•'  Let  uw  l<»isi!,  fnr  (iutl's  sake  !"'  Kiiid  ii  voire, 
in  thick  linliiiii,  vviili  a  licjivy  (iciinan  acct'iit. 
"  I'm  a  traveller.  I've  heeii  rohlieil  liy  Inif,'- 
nmls."' 

'J\)  siKitcIi  his  kiiift!  from  Iiis  jMieket,  to  nit 
the  corijs  that  Imiiiul  the  iii.-M,  to  jil'l  him  to  his 
I'eet,  ami  tlieii  to  start  lia';k  'villi  ii  ery  ofasidii- 
ishiiieni.  were  all  the  work  of  an  instant.  J'y 
this  time  the  others  had  eiitereil. 

The  man  was  a  (Jeiinan.  niiniistakaMy.  He 
stood  iiliiikini.'  and  stariii;:.  Tlicii  he  stretched 
his  several  liinlis  and  rnhlicd  iiiinself.  Then 
Iio  took  a  Ion;,'  survey  of  the  iU'u-roiiier<. 
Then  he  stroked  a  lonn,  red,  forked  heartl.  and, 
in  tones  exjiressive  of  the  most  profonnd  lie- 
uildernient,  slowly  ejaculated — 

"  (ir-r-r-r-acioiis  me  I" 

'•Mcinheer  S<liatt  1"  cried  Iliitinns.  {iraspin;,' 
Iiis  hand.  '•  II(jw  in  tlie  name  of  wonder  did 
you  j;ct  lu'iv  ?  What  has  hajiiieiK'd  to  yon? 
Who  tied  you  n|)  ?  Were  you  rohhed  ?  Were 
you  heaten  ?  Are  yiai  hurl  ?  lint  come  out 
of  this  dark  hole  to  the  sunshin.'." 

Meinheer  Schatt  walked  slowly  out,  sayiiif; 
Jiothinn  to  lh"se  rapid  iii(|iiiries  of  15i.:!ons. 
The  (ierinan  intellect  is  profound,  hiit  slow;; 
niiJ  so  .Meinheer  !^ehall  took  a  lon>^  time  to  eol- 
Icct  his  scattered  ideas.  JiUttons  found  that 
lie  was  (jiiite  faint :  so  jiiodneiiiK  a  tiask  from 
his  jiockit  h<'  Miade  him  diink  a  little  I'recious 
cordial,  widen  revived  him  jireatly.  Al'ier  n 
lon^  imll  he  heaved  a  heavy  si^li.  and  looked 
with  a  I  iteoiis  ex|iression  at  the  new-comers. 
'J'he  kinddiearted  Spanianls  insisted  on  taking 
him  to  their  earria},'0.  lie  wiis  too  weak  to 
walk.  They  would  drive  him.  They  would 
listen  to  no  refusal.  So  .Mcinheer  Si  hatt  was 
safely  dcpoi-iti'd  in  the  earria^!e.  and  told  his 
Btory. 

lie  had  eoino  out  very  early  in  the  morning:  to 
visit  the  Cataeonibs.  lie  chose  the  early  part 
of  the  day  so  as  to  he  hack  helore  it  f;ot  hot. 
Arriving;  at  the  Clinrch  of  St.  Scha>tian  he 
found  to  his  disai)pointment  that  it  «  as  not  open 
yet.  So  Ik.  thou^'ht  he  would  he^'nile  the  time 
by  walkiii;,'  ahout.  So  he  strolled  otf  to  the 
tomb  of  (\ee(  liii  Metella,  which  was  tli(!  nuist 
strikin;,' ohject  in  view.  He  walkeil  around  it, 
and  hroke  olfa  few  pieces  of  stone.  lie  took 
ilhso  a  few  pieei's  of  ivy.  These  he  intended  to 
carry  away  as  ndies.  At  last  he  ventnicd  to 
enter  and  e\aniine  tl"'  interior.  Scarce  had 
he  not  inside  than  he  hennl  f(JOtsteps  without. 
The  door  was  blocked  nj)  by  a  iininber  of  ill- 
lookinjj  men.  who  came  in  and  caught  him. 

Mcinheer  ScliMtl  <'onfessed  'hat  he  w,.»  coni- 
plet(dy  overcome  hy  terror.  However,  he  at 
last  mustered  snUicient  btreiigth  to  ask  what 
they  wanted. 

•'  Von  are  onr  |aist)nerl" 

«'  Why  ?     Who  nro  yon  V" 

"We  lire  the  serret  liody-jiiiard  of  Mis  Holi- 
ness, appointed  hy  the  Saered  I'ouncil  of  the 
l{efectory,''  said  one  of  the  nun,  in  a  mot kinj; 
tone. 


Then  Meinheer  Schatt  knew  that  they  were 
rohhers.  Siil!  he  iiidi;.'nantly  protested  iir,.t  Ii.- 
was  an  uiiotl'ciidiiiK  traveller. 

"It's  t'als(!  I  Von  have  1  ic:  niulihititi(»  the 
sacred  sepiilchic  of  the  ik'ad.  i;iii!  violatiiij,'  the 
sanctity  of  their  repose  I" 

And  tlie  tcllow,  thrnstin;;  his  hands  in  the 
prisoner's  |iockets,  hroii;;ht  forth  the  stones  and 
ivy.  The  others  looked  into  his  other  p<iekets, 
exaniiued  his  hat,  made  him  strip,  shook  his 
clothes,  pried  into  his  ho(jts — in  shnii,  f;a\e  him 
a  tlioi(ai>.di  overhaul. 

TIk'v  found  nothing;,  except,  as  Mcinheer  ae- 
knowled^-ed,  wiili  a  faint  smile,  a  )  icce  of  the 
value  of  three  half-cents  American,  which  ho 
had  brought  as  a  fee  to  the  pnide  through  the 
Catacoiidis.  It  was  that  hit  of  nioiiey  that 
cau>e  I  his  lioiuls.  It  niaddcneil  them.  They 
danced  around  him  in  pcrltn  t  fury,  and  asked 
what  he  meant  liy  darin;z  to  come  out  and  ^ive 
them  so  miu'h  tnadile  wiiii  only  that  hit  id' im- 
]Mire  silver  ahont  him. 

"  Doj;  of  11  Tede--cho  !  Your  nation  has 
trampled  upon  cair  liberties  ;  but  Italy  siiall  he 
aveii;;ed  I  Dog  I  scoundrel  I  vilhdn  I  Tedes- 
eho  I      Tedes-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-s-cho  I'' 

The  end  of  it  w.is  that  .Meiidicer  S(  hatt  was 
tieil  in  a  sin;:nlarly  uncomldrtahle  |iosition  and 
left  there.  He  tlKUi^ht  he  had  been  there  ahuut 
live  hours.      H(>  wjis  fidnt  and  hungry. 

Tliev  took  him  home. 


CHArTKU  XX.MI. 

ANOTtllMl  I)IS((IVt;t!V   MAim  l!V  III  TTdXS. 

On  the  evenint,'  after  this  adventure  the  III  n 
turned  the  conversation  into  a  new  (  iiannel. 
They  all  [.'rew  eonimunicative.  liutions  told 
them  that  Ids  father  was  an  extensive  merchant 
ami  shi|Miwner  in  lioston.  His  liu.-iuess  ex- 
tended over  many  jiurts  of  the  woild.  Ho 
thoiifiht  he  mi;;ht  have  done  soinelhinn  in  Cadiz. 

"  Y(air  father  a  ship-owner  in  r>o>ton  !  I 
th(nl^dlt  yon  hcloii^'cd  to  Xew  York,''  saiil  the 
Don,  in  snr|iii>e. 

'•Oh,"  said  Hattons,  "I  said  I  came  from 
there.  The  fad  is,  I  lived  there  four  years  nt 
c<dle^'e,  iind  will  live  there  when  I  rel(\rn.'' 

'•  And  unir  father  lives  in  I5o«tiin."  said  the 
Don,  with  an  interot  that  surj.iised  Huttoiis. 

'•Yes." 

"  Is  his  name  Hiiatii  Hnttinis?" 

"  Vcs,"  cried  Huttmis,  eagerly.  '•  How  do 
yon  know  ?" 

"  My  dear  Sir,"  cried  the  Don,  '•  Hiram  lint- 
tons  and  I  are  not  ludy  old  business  coircspond- 
ents,  but  I  hojic  I  can  add  personal  iVieiids." 

The  Don  iom-  and  ^M•asped  Hntlon^  <ordialIy 
by  the  hand.  The  yoiiii^;  man  was  overciano 
by  sur|>rise,  delight,  and  triumph. 

"1  liked  you  from  the  lirst."  raid  the  Don. 
"Yon  bear  your  clnu^neter  in  your  face.  I  was 
hapjiy  to  receive  you  into  oursitciety.  Hut  now 
I  feci  II  still  higher  plcusiire,  for  1  find  }ou  nro 


'■i 
U 

: 


! 


•t;-i* 


I 


Hiiw  do 


T.'IK  DODGi:  CLL'l];  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 

assure  von  I  cntt'i'- 


-;) 


tlio  son  of  ft  man  for  whom  I  assmo  yon  I  enter-        Tlio  waiti-r  slirii,vi''l  I'i^s  slionldcrs  till  ilii\v 

tain  an  iiilinitu  rcsi)ui't."  ruaclii'il  the  n]i|icr  part  of  his  cars.     The  ^cn- 

Tho  sisiers  \wrn  eviilontly  (U^lifjhtcil  at  thu  ator  locikoil  fur  ii  itiomiMit  at  him,  ami  saw  ti:ai 

scene.     As  to  Hiittons,  he  was  ovcnomo.  he  liid  not  nnik'rstaml  liim.      \U\  hjokcl  at  t!.f 

Tims  far  in;  olti".i  folt  ihlicacy  ahmit  his  \h>-  Ijnor    iinolvcj    in    lU'cp    thon;,'ht.      At  hist   h,' 

sition  amoni;  thc^ns,  and  t\ars  of  intruding  occa-  ruis'il  his  eyes  once  ninri:  to  imnt  those;  of  thu 

••ionally  intcrfi'rt'd  with   liis    cninymriit.       His  wiiitv'r,  wiiiili   stdl  wcvo  lixcil    ii|i(in  liim,  ami 

footing  now  was  totally  diif'ri'iii  ;  and  the;  most  iihicinj^  thu  palms  of  his   hands  on   his   hips, 

jinnctilions  .^Spaniard  coidd  llnd    no  lank  wiiii  throw  hai'k  his  head,  and  with  his  eyes  still  lix- 

liis  pontinucd  intimacy.  od  steadfastly  npon  the  waiter  he  nave  utteram\! 

'•Iliirrali  for  that  ahominalih'  old  (idiie.  and  to  a  Inn;.'  shrill  (,'m;;lc  snch  as  he  thon(,'ht  the 

that  liorrilile  hii>iness  to  whi.'li  ilie  nld  trenile-  IVo,s  mi-ht  ;;!ivc; 
man  trieil  to  lirini;  nn^  I     It  has  inrncd  oni  iIk^ 
liest  tiling;  fur  me.     Wli;!t  a  eaiiital  idea  it  was 
for  the  governor  to  tradi-  uith  ( 'ili/  I' 

!Smc1i  wcro  the  thonj^ais  <<['  llni  imis 
honi'j. 


11»7i!«:am,'    uii;    K'hi-, 


hJ  v.eiit 


-Z*"^ 


ciiAi  rr.ii  XA.Mif. 

Iv  Ills  cx)  !oratini;s  di'  tjm  nooks  and  cornors 
of  l{omi"  t!ie  S:'nator  was  c  impelL'd  tor  soma 
lime  to  mak:'  his  joMnieys  .-done.  He  soni.-- 
times  felt  re;,'rel  tliat  he  had  not  sum  ;  inter- 
Jirc'ter  with  hiiu  on  !hes(!  oeeasio'is;  hnt  on  the 
V.  hol(!  he  thoii;;lit  ho  was  well  paid  for  his 
troidde,  ami  he  stored  np  in  his  memory  an  iu- 
crodihlu  nnmlier  of  those  items  whieli  are  nsaal- 
ly  known  as  •'  nsvt'al  fails." 

On  one  of  llies-  oeea>ions  h  >  entered  il  very 
common  cate  near  one  of  ilie  {.Mies,  and  a<  he 
felt  liiin^r>'  Il  •  d.'termiiM'd  to  ;.'it  his  dinner. 
\h',  iiad  h  n.'  f>'lt  a  desire  to  ta^te  those  ''frot.'s" 
of  whieli  he  had  heard  so  mmdi,  and  which  to 
his  >;reat  surpris"  he  had  neviM'  yc^t  seen.  On 
coininic  to  France  he  of  coiirsi!  f  dt  i niitiil  iit 
iliat  III'  would  llnd  iVogs  as  coinnion  as  potatoes 
on  every  dliiii  'rlalile.  'I'o  his  am  izemeiit  he 
hid  not  yet  seen  one. 

lie  iletermiiied  to  have  some  now.  Mat  how 
could  he  i^i-t  tliem?     I  low  ask  I'or  them? 

"  I'ooli  I  easy  enoii;,'h  I"  said  the  Senator  to 
himself,  with  a  -mile  of  superiority.  ••  I  \ii«|i 
I  could  ask  for  every  thin;?  (dso  as  easily." 

No  he  took  his  seat  at  one  of  iIk;  ttildes,  an  1 
K'ave  :i  thnnderiii;.'  rap  to  siinimoii  the  waiter. 
All  the  cafe  ha.l  li,''n  startled  liy  the  advent  if 
the  lar,'e  forei;,'iier.  .\nd  eviileiitly  ii  r;c!i  man. 
for  he  was  an  I'".iiu'lishmaii,  a:  I'li'y  thoii-ht.  So 
ii]»  came  the  uaiier  «itli  a  very  low  how,  and  a    caf  •  Jtimiied  to  tliidr  feet. 

very  dirty  j  ic\et  ;  and  all  the  rest  of  ih(>  people  "  ll^i  kh.ik:  k  unii;  ^(/./.r,''  continued  the  Senn. 
in  the  c.ife  lookeil  at  the  Senatcn-  out  ol' the  lor-  im',  ipiite  patiently  The  waiter  I  loked  f.i^dit- 
ner  of  their  eyes,  and  stopped  talking'.       'i'l.  •    cued. 

Senator  ^'azed  with  ii  calm,  serene  face  and  "  Will  yon  ^ivo  me  some  or  not  ?"  cried  the 
steady  eye  upon  the  waiter.  Senator,  indi;.'mintly. 

"  S'^noro  J*'' said  the  waiter.  interro<,'ativ(dy.         "  Si(,'nore,"  faltered  the  waiter.      Then  Ic  ran 

^'d'liiil.-.'  iiitiiij  !  .'"  said  the  Senator,  sulemnly,    for  the  cafe-keeper. 


iii!KM,Kr!.i  1.  i;o  v'>  koan 


ri5;"iiin>nce  must  he  maile  to  Aristophanes, 
who  alone  of  articulate  speakin>;  men  has  writ- 
ten down  the  ntterane,'  of  the  common  iVo^. ) 

The  waiter  started  hack.     All  the  men  in  the 


without  inov  iu;;  a  innscle. 

The  w.'iiter  stareil. 

"  Cliv.  ntitltlln.'"  hercpea* 

"  (liiuL  .'  f/ii'i;/  ' .'"  Buid    t 
emnly  as  hefore. 

"  Non  eajpisco." 

"  Hunk  'jiiii'i !  if.H/.rli/  f/idil.-  ;;iiii;/  .'" 
V 


I      The  cafe'-kcepcr  came.      The  Senator  repeat- 
ed th<>  worils  meiilioncd  ahove.  tlioU;.;li  somewhat 
h  . I  faint  voice,    an^'rily.     The   keeper   liron^dit   forward    every 
•nator,  as   sol-    enston-er  in  the  house  lo  see  if  uiiy  ono  could 
understand  the  liin^iinRe. 
"  It's  (ieriniin.''  said  one. 
"  It's  l'.n^lish,"said  aniptlicr. 


•r" 


u^ 


I  .^  I 


80 


t::i:  uodgk  club;  uk,  Italy  in  mdccclix. 


"  Hall !"  sail!  II  tliinl.     "  Ii's  Hussian."  |      The  Senator  at  once  poured  forili  mII  \\v.\\  \y.\'\ 

"  No,"  siiid  11  fuiirili.  "  ii"s  Holiciiiiaii  ;    for    lipen  in  Iiis  luiml  since  liis  iiniviil.      Ili' (jiivi;  liis 

("anilo  Quinto  Kiiil  tliat  liciliciiiiMii  \va~i  the  Ian-  ()]iiiiiuii   iilioiit    iIk;    siie,  the   arc  liitectiii-L',  the 

j:llll^'e  of  the  devil.'     And  Niiiiihcr  Fmir,  who  drains,  the  ninniei|pal  p)verninent,  the  lM'(:j,'ari, 

was  rather  an  iiilelli/cnt-ldokiii};  man,  eyed  the  and  tlio  coninierce  of  the  jdaoe  ;  then  tiic  sul- 

Sv'iiatiir  coniiiassidiiatidy.  diers,  the  nnhhs,  the  jirit'sis,  monks,  and  iiiiii«. 

'•  iiunk  iiini'u  iiuiikihi  i/^iir/ .'"  cried  tile  iScna-        'I'licn  lie  eriticised  liic  (icjvcrnnient,  iis  fnrni, 

i(ir.  frowniii^^ ;   for  his  i^atience  Imd  .it  la.>t  de-  its  mode  of  ailiiiiiiistiatiMn,  cnlar^'cd  ii]ion  its  tvr- 

ktrled  iiini.  aiiny,  condemned  vchenuiitlv  its  ]iiiiice  syslem. 

The   others    looked    at    iiini   hi  lides.-,ly,  and  and   indeed  its  wimle  administration  of  evcrv 
some,  thinkinjj;  of  the  devil,  ]iic)iisly  cids^ed  them-  tiiiiitr,  civil,  |i<ilitiea!,  an<l  ecclesiastical. 
S(dvcs.     Wliereii|  on  lln;  Scnalcir  rose  in  maj'<-        AVaxiii;^' wanner  with  thesoiiiid  of  his  own  el- 
tie  wr.otli,  and  sliakinj,'  lii.s  imrse  in  the  lace  of  oquence,  he  found  himself  siiildeidy  Imt  natiiral- 
tlie  cafe-keeiier,  shiiiite  1  :  ly  reminded  of  a  coiintry  «here  all  this  is  re- 

"  You're   worse  than  a  i.ij.':;cr  I''  and  L^talked  versed.      So  ho  went  on  to  speak  iihoiit  l-'recdom. 


grandly  out  of  the  \'\nL\ 


CIIAl'TKi;  .\XXIV 


i;  ■I'lihlieanisin,  the  Hij;liis  of  .Man.  and  the  IJal- 
lot-Hox.  Ijialde  to  talk  with  siitlicient  tliien- 
c\  while  in  a  sitting  jiostnre  lie  rose  to  his  feet, 
and  as  he  looked  around,  sceintr  that  all  jirescnt 
were  stariii;:  at  him,  lie  maile  tip  his  miii(l  to  ini- 
jirove  the  occasion.  So  he  liaran;.'iicd  the  crowd 
Ccnorally,  not  hecause  he  tlion-lii  any  of  tlu'iii 
ccjiild  understaml  him.  hut  it  was  so  long  since 


Tiin  si;v.\-'nn  ft  KsTT.s  ins  invi>tio  ai  ion*.— an 
iNii:i.i  hi:Nr  human  toi  i  iii>  a  (  iiokk  in  tiii; 
.•^KNAiiiii's  iii:Aiir  THAT  viiiuATi;-.— :(i>ri,rs 
(IK  Tin:  vimcArtiiN.— A  VISIT  fuoM  Tin:  HUMAN 
I'oi.K  i:;  ani>tiikohi:at  iiA(  i:  down  tiii:i  ou-  he  had  made  a  sjieich  that  tlicfiresent  o]ii)ortnni- 
M>  iii:rw  i.i;n  Tiii:>i:NAri'i!  AMI  A  liDMAN  >I'V. —  ty  was  irre.sistilde.  IJcsides,  as  lie  aficiivaiil 
<ii.i:r.  HI-  Tin;  roi't  i.a«  i;:-iii  !  iii  I  remarked,  he  fell  that  it  was  a  (ri>is,  and  v.ho 

III:  di  1  not  ask  for  fro.:,'s  a;.'ain  :   Imt  still  hi'    could  tell   Imt   that   a  word   sitokcn   in   season 

«lid  not  fdtiu'  in  his  examination  into  the  lit'e  of    nii|,dit  |iro(hice  some  heix'tieial  etl'ects. 

the  pco)  le.      Still  he  sauntered  throiiL;h  the  re-         lie  shook   hands  very  warmly  with  his  new 

iiiotcr  corners  of  Koine,  wanderinjr  over  to  the    friend  aficr  it  all  was  over,  and  on  leaving  liim 


to  come  and  se(!  him  at  1 


lis 


Cher  side  of  the  Tiher,  or  through  the  (jhetto,    made  him  judinise 

or  among  the  crooked  streets  at  the  end  of  the    lodgings,  where  he  would  show  him  statistics,  etc. 


Corso.      I'vw  have  learned  so  much  of  IJome  in    The  Senator  then  returnei 


■o  short  a  time. 


That 


ing  I 


le  receiveil  a  v:sit. 


On   one  occasion   ho  was  sitting  in  a  catV,    ator  liear.l   a   ra|>  at   his  ih 


The  Sen- 
called  out 


where  he  had  supjdied  liis  wants  in  llie  I'ollov 
ing  Win 
"lli: 


.fl'e 


-Ife 


111 


■am. 


Hi 


"  Come  ill.'     Two  men  entereil — ill-lookiiig,  or 
ra.ther  malignant-looking,  <  lotlied  in  hlack. 


Dick 


was  111  Ins  i'o(  in. 


lintti 


It.  Fii'gs  and 


when  his  eve  was  attracted  hv  ii    the    Doctor  had   not  returned    from    the  cafi-. 


gar;  (iga 

man  at  the  next  tiihle  who  was  reading  a  ci 


of  the  liondon   J'iti 
vcrv  osicntationslv 


,|.y 


The  Senator  insisted 


on   sliakiiii. 


laiKis    \Mtll 


hiih  he  hail  spread  out    hoth  his  \isitors.     One  of  these  men  s]  oke  l',n» 


At'tc 


hri.'f 


siirvev  the 


a 


sh 


Senator  walked  over  to  his  tuhle  and,  with 
lieaiiiing  smile,  said — 

"  (iood-day.  Sir." 

The  other  man  looked  up  ainl  reiunied  a  very 
frieiidlv  smile. 


His   1a( 


said  he,  jioiutinj,'  to  th'' 


other,  "'  wishes  to  s]icak  to  yon  on  nlh 


iiess. 


H 


ippy 


tol 


lear  It.    sail 


1  th< 


-elUtor. 


"His  I'Acelleiicv  is  th(!  (;hief  of  the  I'olicc 


And  how  do  von  do.  Sir 


V( 


I   thank  von. 


I  i! 


and  I  am  the  In'erpn^tt 


e  oilier, 


with  a  strong  Italian  accent. 
"  Do  you  keep  your  health?" 


\Ylierenpoii   tlu!    .Senator  s 
hoth  of  thi'iii  again. 


hook 


Is    Willi 


Troud  toni!ikeyouriici|uaintaiice,"  said  he. 
Thank  yon,  yes, "said  the  other,  e\idently  |  "I   am  personally  aeipininted  with  the  Chief 

and  also  of  the  Chief  of 
,  and   liiv  ofiiiion    is  that 


quite  jileascd  ;U  the  advances  of  the  Senator.        of  the  Ihiston  /<i 
Nolhing  gives  me  so  much  ])leasniv,"  said    the  New  York  /" 


the  Senator,  "  as  to  ccjine  across  an  Italian  who    they  can  stand  more  liipior  than  any  iik  n  I  ever 


understands  luiglisli 
I  jiresnine." 
"  Sir,  I  am." 


Sir.  arc  a  Ihiinaii 


met  \Mth. 


Will 


Tl 


le   inter|ircti 


did 


ii|n<ir  e 


it   nnderstaiid.     The 


.Semitor  made  an  exjiressive  sign.     The  Iiiter- 
Tlie  man  to  whom  the  Senator  ?])oke  was  not '  jireter  mentiotu'il  the  re(|nest  to  the  Chief,  who 

shook  his  head  coldly. 

"This  is  formal,' said  the  Inlerprelcr — "  not 


me  who  won 


Id  have  attracted  aiiv  notice  fr 


him  if  it  had  not  heen  for  his  knowledge  of  I",n- 
glisli.      He  was  a  nairow-hcadcd.  meaii-lo{  king    social." 

man,  « itii  very  seedy  clothes,  and  a  servile  Lnt ,      The  Senator's  face  (lushed.      He  frowned, 
cunning  expression.  |       "Ciive  him  my  eomplitneuts  then,  and   tell 

"How  i\<  you  like  Homo?"  he  asked  of  liio    iiiin   tiie  next   time  he  refiisci    a  gi'titleinan's 
Senator.  I  otfer  ho  had  lietter  do  it  like  a  gcntkninn.     For 


tllilt  Iki.'i 
■  ^•;,Vl.•  liis 
tlll'C,   tlio 

1    till'.   Sdl- 

iil  iinii'. 
its  fdi'iii, 
bii  its  tyi- 
e  sysleni, 

Ol'   I'Vl'IV 

1. 

is  own  fl- 
it niitiiriiU 
liis  is  10- 

l-'lCH,'(l()lll, 

I  the  I5nl- 
I'lit  thicii- 

(>   lli>   fl'Ct, 

\ll  jircsi'iit 
liiiil  to  iiii- 

t\n'  Cl'OWll 

y  of  tlicm 
liiiiK  si  lieu 
ii)i|i(iitiuii- 

iltU'l  WlUil 

.  iiinl  V,  lio 
111   sL';isi)li 

li  his  new 
■iiviii;,'  iiiiii 
liini  lit  liis 
ilistics,  (.'tC. 

The  ^^ll- 
ciilK'il  ('lit 
liKikiii^:.  ol' 
lilncl<. 
.  V\^ii<  ia:a 
I  llic  call', 
iiiml-i   uilli 

!-]  iiko  I'.il- 

tins.'  to  tli«> 
illi(i:il  I'll  i- 

itof. 
tin;  I'olico, 

1. mills  with 

re."  saiil  lio. 
1  tiic  Cliirf 
lie  Cliicfof 
iiioii  i<  lliiit 
y  liicll  I  ever 

StillKl.        'I'llP 

Tlic  liiter- 
1'  Chlct',  >vlio 

noUT — "  not 

frowncil. 
u'li,  mill  tell 

p'litlciniin's 
kiiian.     For 


TIIK    l;(»i;(iE  (LIU;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  MIX  CCLIX. 


81 


(jmt  ^cii-  tiik;!k! 


iiiy  pmt,  if  I  pIiosc  to  lie  micivil,  I  tiil^^lit  say 
tli:it  I  foiisi.lor  your  lv)iii;iii  iiolii'L-  very  siiiali 

]l()tlltOl!S." 

Tlifl  Iiitcrpri'tor  liMiislatod  tliis  literally,  miil 
tlioii;;li  til  '  liaaU'xpivs>ioii  was  not  very  iiitclii- 
j;iliit',  yt't  it  sci'tiicii  to  iiiipiy  cniiti'ini't. 

So  tin;  Cliiff  of  i'oli<'i'  iriailc  liis  ((iiniimiiica- 
tion  as  sternly  as  |iossili|,..  (Jrave  i-e|iii;'ls  liaij 
lieeii  iiiailc  alniit  His  Aiiiiricau  Kxcelleiiey. 
The  Si'iiator  looked  siii'ini.iud. 

'•  What  alioutV 

That  lie  was  liaiMii;';iiiin^  the  jioople,  (roiii.; 
a'joiit  sceretly,  jilottiii^',  and  tryiii;:  to  iastili  rev- 
oliiiiiinary  seiitiiiieuts  into  tiie  |iiildie  mind. 

'•  I'ooh  I"  said  the  Si'iiatur. 

The  (Hiit'f  of  I'olieo  hade  him  ho  careful. 
lie  would  nut  bo  permitted  tii  stir  up  nn  c.xeita- 
Ide  popiilaeo.      This  was  to  j»ive  him  waniiii;,'. 

"  Tooii  I"  said  tile  Senator  apiiii. 

And  if  he  nenleetcd  this  warning;  it  wmild  he 
t'le  worse  fur  him.  And  the  Ciiief  of  Tolie,' 
looked  iimitterahle  thing's.  The  Senator  jja/ed 
at  him  sternly  uiid  suniowhat  iDiiteinptnoiisly 
fir  a  few  minutes. 

"  You're!  Ill)  j^reat  shakes  anyliow,"  said  he. 

"  Sij;nori!?'  said  the  Interpreter. 

"  Doesn't  it  strike  yon  that  you  are  talking' 
iiifi'rnal  nonsense?''  asked  the  Senator  in  a 
sli^'htly  argumentative  tone  of  voice,  fhrowinfj; 
one  le;;  over  another,  tilting  hack  his  chair,  and 
folding  his  arms. 

"  Your  lantjuageis  disrespectful,'' was  the  in- 
dignant rejiiy. 

"  Yours  strikes  me  as  somctiiir.f:  nf  tiie  same 
kind,  too;  but  more — it  is  absurd." 


I       "  Wh.tt  do  ynn  nic.nn  ?" 

'"  You  say  I  stir  up  tiic!  jieojde." 

"Yes.      Do  you  deny  it  !'" 

"  I'onh  I  How  can  a  man  stir  up  tlic  jioople 
when  he  can't  speak  a  word  of  their  lan;^nape?" 

Tiie  Chief  of  I'olice  did  not  reply  for  a  mo- 
ment. 

"  I  rather  think  I've  pot  ynn  there."  said  tlic 
Senator,  dryly.      "  lley':'  ohl  Moss';:'" 

("Old  lloss"'  w.is  an  epithet  which  he  used 
when  ho  was  in  n  ;:ood  humor.)  He  fell  that 
he  had  the  Inst  of  it  here,  and  his  atn;<'r  was 
t'oiie.  lie  I  herefore  tilted  his  chair  hack  fiulhcr, 
and  placed  his  t'l'ct  upon  the  back  of  a  chair  that 
was  in  front  of  him. 

'•  There  arc  Italians  in  Uonie  who  sjieak  Kn- 
-lish,''  was  at  leii}.'tli  the  rejoinder. 

"I  wish  I  coiilil  (liid  some  then,"' said  the 
Senator.  "  It's  wiax'  than  hlllkill^'  for  a  needle 
in  a  hay-stack,  they'ri!  so  [irccioiis  few.'' 

"  You  have  met  one.' 

"  And  I  can't  say  I  feel  over-proud  of  theac- 
ipiaintance,'' said  the  Senator,  in  his  former  dry 
lone,  lookinjj  hard  at  the  Inier])reter. 
i       ''At  the  Cafe'  ('eniicci,  I  mean." 
[       "The  what?     AYhere's  that?' 

"  Where  you  were  this  morniiH^" 

"  Oil  ho  I  that's  it — iih.  ?      And  was  my  tVieiul 
I  there  one  of  your  friends  too?"  asked  the  Sen- 
,  ator,  ns  li;,'lit  burst  in  upon  hini. 
I       "  lie  was  sullicieiitlv  patriotic  to  jjivo  warn- 

I      "  Oh — patriotic  ? — he  wa«,  was  he  ?''  said  the 
Senator,  slowly,  while  his  eyes  showed u  danijTr* 
,  oiis  ii);ht. 


t-' 


Tin:  ])<»i)!ii:  cLrn-,  on,  nwi-v  ix  mi)((("L!X. 


"Vis  —  iiiUriotic.      Ho   li:is  wiinlicil  you  fwr   'I'lu'  Suimtor  inCoiiiKil  liis  tun  frii-iul^  about  tlie 
S'Kuc  tiiiK'.''  vi-it,  iinil  tlioii^lii  wry  li).'liily  almut  it;   liut  thi; 

"  Wati!ici.l  UK.'"  MUil   tlio   St'iiatiir  tVownud    rccnlliM'tinii  (it'onc  tliiii^;  raiiklnl  iu  liis  iiiiiul. 
VTatlifully.  j      Tli.it  sjiy  I      'I'lu;  iVllow  hail  liuiiil)U(,'L'i'tl  liini. 

'■  Yes,  all  ovir  UoMU",  wliL'Tcvov  _\nu  wi'ut.''      I  Ho  liail  ilii;:>;i'il  liim,  tiacki'd   liiiu,  jiuiliajis  tur 

'•  AVaUliuil    /;/(.'   ilofi^cil   iiic  ;    iracLcil   ///i  .',  \Vf»'k<,  liail  drawn  liiui  iniu  cmvursatioii,  n-kid 


'•  >(>  you  arc  Known. 
'•  '1  liiMi  till'  man  i^  a  y\\ 
'•  lie  is  a  |ialriot.'' 


lead 
If  tl 


MIL' 


•  |ui'siions,  and  llioi  ^ivin  inforniat 


Ion. 


Hire  was  any  tliin^  on  I'artii  that  the  Si  iiu- 
tor  loathi'd  it  was  tiiis. 

I5ut  liow  Could  suili  a  iniu  Iio  ]  uni^lird  I 
"  \Vhy  iho  nuan  coiici'vn  R:it  nfxt  me,  at-  That  was  the  tIiou;;lit.  runishnunt  could  only 
liv.cti'd  uiy  atienlion  hy  rcadinj:  ILiijlisIi,  and  come  from  one.  'I'lie  law  (dulii  do  notiiiu!;. 
cncoura^'cii  nu.'  to  ."jioak  as  I  did.     Wiiy  don't    Hut  there  was  one  who  could  dosouicihlntr,  and 


^(;U  arrest  him  ?"' 

*•  He  did  it  to  test  yon.'' 

" 'I'o  test  me  I     J  low  would  he  like  mo  to  test 
l.ini?" 

"The  Gnvcrnment  looks  uu  your  olVcnsewith 
L'tiicnt  eves." 

"Ahl"' 

"  And  content  themselves  this  t 
ii'.g  you  warniuj,'." 


that 


one  was  hiinse 


:lf.      J.vni  h  1 


I  law 


'Mv   fliytl^iT  WIH   fO'TII    I'."'tiM)_', 

My  itiK  It?  UMs  .Iul!^• '  I.)  Ill  li. 
f^M,  (|;ini  viitir  Ml'  anil  i"^'-liiii'. 


Yuii  can  nut  iiinki.' 


■  lliiiili. 


line  witli  ^\\- 


The  Senator  hummed  tlu'  above  i'li';:aiit  w  nnls 
all  that  evenint;. 

He  thoi'Kht  he  could  find  the  man  vet.      lie 


sure  he  would  know  1 


iini. 


II 


e  wouul  ill 


Id 


■  Verv  nuieh  obli;,'ed  ;  but  tell  vour  Ciovern-    vote  hinisilfto  this  on  the  iie.xt  da\'.     The  iu'\t 


r.K  nt  not  to  be  alariue 


I 


Won  I  burl  llieni.        day  be  went  about  Ibe  rily,  and  .'it  leiicth  in  the 


I'l'in   ti;is  tli'J  two  vi-il(  rs  took  their  leave,    r.fiernooii  he  came  to  riutir.n  Hill.      'Iherew,;s 


ft: 


W.VI.Kl.Nii    [^l   V.Muli. 


I 


Tiir,  nonci;  cLin;  ok,  itai.y  in  mimcci.ix.  s- 

n  eront  rrnwil  tliero  r.s  t'suiil.  Tlie  Si'iiator  uliicli  (me  i>  ctinipU'il  to  make  nny  otlior  ■',  i 
;il;i(C'il  liiiii^clf  in  11  f.ivoralilo  |i(isiiiiiii,  ill  ^liii'li  wliiit  i-i  ciiliicl  '•  NVmIUii^'  S|i:iiii>li,"  iitid  ]iro- 
lu!  (Miiilii  tiiily  lie  secMi  fioiu  one  [toiiit,  luul  then  jpclicii  liiin  nijiiilly  towar.l  tlio  reservoir  of  tho 
vvatclii'il  wiili  till'  t've  of  a  iiawk.  I'oiiiitaiii. 

Ill-  waiilK'il  tnr  iilmiit  ail  hour.      At  llio  ciiil        'I'lic  Si'iiMior  niiscd  the  sjiy  from  tin.'  ^.-roiiu  I 
of  t!iat  time  in-  saw  ii  faci-.      It  licloiij;eil  to  a    aini  |iitiiifil  liim  into  the  |'oo!. 
iiiMii  who  had  licfii  K'aiiiii;.'  a;:Miii^t  a  iio>t  with        'I'lu-  air  w::s  rent  with  aceliiiualioii^  aiul  erL's 
his  liack  liiniel  lowm-il  the  Senator  all  tliistinie.    of  deli;:!!!. 

It  was  llii  fUi't  :  'I'll!'  fellow  ha|i|peiied  to  turn  As  the  sjiy  cmerj,'ed,  half-ih-owiicd,  iln'  en  \v  1 
it  far  elloM^'h  roiiii  I  to  1,'t  the  Seiiat(;r  see  liini.  eaiiie  forward  and  would  have  lanloii-ed  t'.u- 
II  •  was  eviiletilly  walchiii;:  hilliyet.  The  Sen-  delitihlfnl  sensation, 
alor  walked  rapidly  tov.ard  him.  The  man  saw 
him  and  he;,'an  to  move  as  rapidly  away.  The 
Senator  inerea-^ed  his  paee.  So  diil  tiui  man. 
The  Senator  walked  still  faster.  So  (lid  tiieman. 
Tho  Senator  took  Ion;;  strides.  Tiie  iiian  look 
short,  ipiiek  ones.  It  is  s  lid  that  tin;  faste.st  \«.\- 
d  -itri  iii-i  are  tho-e  wlio  take  short,  (piiek  stejis. 
'J'he  Si'ii:itor  did  not  fiaill  on  the  other. 

r>v  this  tinii'  a  vast  inimln'r  of  idlers  had  hem 


Not  often  did  they  have  a  spy  in  tiair  liaiidd. 


aitraiied  hy  tlu 
as  if  I'm-  a  wa^ 
to  run.      ^ 


It  of  the^e  two  men  w^dkili;.' 
At  la^t  liie   Senator  he^'all 


d 


lie  man  : 


The  v.iiole  thin;^  was  ]plaiii.  One  man  was 
e;ia>inir  the  other.  At  once  all  tho  idlers  of 
tliu   riiieian   Hill   stopped  all    their   a\o(ations 


d  tliril'd  to  lo. 


,'lu'  r 


iia  1  winds  down  lie 


r 


Hi 


t< 


1' 


dth 


■r  part  can  h  ok  down  and  see  the 


e\:rat. 


W 


i|'iieU-i'yi'c|  ll'iiii  n 


lai  a  placi 
i  •■;iw  it  all 


tiir  a  raee  1 


Th 


Ve> 


a( 


•(' 


d  I 


ioverniiiriit  sp 


IV  an  ecetailne 


I'. 


Iimaii , 


A  1  (II  1  shout  liui'-t  fi(nii  thi'   Uoiiiaii  erowd. 


r.it  a  iiuiiih  'r  cif  En(_'lis 


d  A 


iiK  ricaiislhoiiL'ht 


dillVreiiily. 
I.v  a  hi-'  o! 


Th: 


little    man    eha^e 


d 


k'.  Some  cried  "Shame  !"  t)thers, 
tliinkiii;,'  it  ft  ease  (if  pneket  -  piekin;;,  eried 
"Stop  tlih'f!"     (tthers  eried  "(Jo  it,  little  feU 


T 


Wo   to    oil"  ( 


in  tl 


le  sma 


II  v\\. 


V. 


verv  lioiiv  on 


tlie  I'iiici  III  Hill  rushed  to  tho 


ed.;e  of  tlie  winding;  road  to  look  down,  or  to 
t  le  pavfd  walk  that  overlooks  the  I'ia/./.a.  ("ar- 
riau;  ;s  sioppvd  and  the  oeenpanis  lookeil  down. 
Fri'iieh  soldiers,  dragoons,  (guards,  ollieers — all 
stariiiL'. 

And  awav  went  the  Senator.      And  awav  ran 


riiArTF.u  XXXV 


ri;i;i.  i;m>pi  icao 


the  frriiied  spy.      Down  the  lone  way,  and  at  I'K  K  M\Ki;s  ANciriir.it  i:i-|--our,  ami  iw.sin;!  to 
1  'n;;tli  they  eaine  to  the  I'iaz/.a  del  I'ojiolo.      A 

loud  shout  eiuiio  from  all  the  )ieo]iIe.      Ahovo  I'ki'ITa'*  little  visit  was  lienelieiiil   to  Dick, 

and  on  all  siiles  they  watched  the  raee.     Thesjiy  It  showed  him  that  he  was  not   alto^'ciher  cut 

ilarted down  the  tVirso.      The  .Senator  after  him.  off  fiom    her.      llel'ore   that    In'    liad   i^rown   to 

'I'lie  Koiiians  in  the  street  applauded  voeifer-  think   of  her  as  almost  inaccc-sihle  ;    now  she 

oiisly.      Hundreds  of  people  stop|ied,  and  then  seciin'd  lo  havea  will,  and,  w  hat  is  licllcr,  a  la^art 

tiirneil  and  ran  alter  till' Senator.      . Millie  win-  of  her   own,  which   wonhl   lend  her  to  do  h<  r 

dows  were  crowded  wiili  heatls.      All  the  haleo-  share  toward  meetini;  him  iiL'aiii.      Would  itii'<t 


iiieH  were  lilleil  with  jieoplu. 


lie  lietter  now  to  coiii]ily  with  iier  evident  ile- 


Down  aloii;;  the  ("orso.      I'ast  the  coliiinn  of    sire,  and   leave  Home   for  a   little  while 


He 


.iViitonine.       Into    a  street  on    the    left.       The    eonhl   return   apii 


Kilt   liiiw   roiihl  he   tear 


Senator  was  f:ainiii;;  I      At  Inst  they  eanio  to  a    him-iidf  a"ay  V      Would  it   ih'I  he  tar  liciicr  to 


i.pi 


A  creai  fountain  of  vant  waters  hiir^fs    remain  ami  seek   her?      He  coiilil  not  decide. 


forth  there.      The  sjiy  ran  to  the  other  side  of  He  thoiiKht  of  I'ndie  I.i^iiori.      He  had  ^'l•ossly 

tho  si|uare,  nml  jiiKt  a.s  he  was  darlini;  into  n  insulted  tl    :   Kcntlenian,  ami   the   thoni;lit   of 

side- alloy  the  Senator's  liaiiil  chitclieil  \\\i  coat-  nieetinK  him  ajjain  ninile  him  feed  Mank.     Yet 

tails!  h(!  was  in  some  way  or  other  a  pnitector  of 

Tho  Senator   took  the    s;  y  in    that  way  liy  IV'i  ita,  a  guardian,  perhajis,  and  us  nucli  lia.l 


M 


r 


84 


Tin;  DoixiK  cia:i\;  oil,  italy  in  MnrccLix. 


'Mfi 


■n 


iiiilncnoc  ovfT  l;('r  fnitiiins.  If  he  cciiiM  only 
(li^iiriii  liiisiiiity  tVoiii  I'mJi'c  l.i^'iiini  it  would 
1)0  imiloiiliii'cilv  for  liis  ln'in'lit.  rtrliMps  I'lidiv 
Li^iiuri  would  la'conif  his  frii-iid,  aiul  try  to  in- 
(liicMicc  rupitii's  faiuily  in  his  fhvi.r.  So  lie  do- 
t'iili'd  (III  piiii(,'  to  si'C  I'adri'  l.i^'iiori. 

Till"  new  turn  whiih  hinl  Ihcii  ;.'iv<'n  lo  his 
fi.t'rm;.'S  liy  Pcpita's  visit  Imd  ln'iii'litcd  him  in 
mind  unil  Imdy.  llo  was  iiuitc  slioiiu'  i'iinii;;li 
tor  u  hni;;  wall;.  Arriving;  at  tlm  chnrch  he 
iiad  nodilllcully  in  lindin^'  l.i);noii.  The  priot 
advaiKv'd  wiili  a  look  of  surprisi'. 

"  Uil'iirc  incntioiiinj;  thf  i  hjrc  t  of  my  vi^il.'' 
siiid  Dick,  iiowinn  courteously.  '•  I  owi'  you  an 
hnmhh'  aimlii^jy  f(jr  a  gross  insi;lt.  1  hoi^'  yon 
>\ill  liirjiivc  nic." 

Till'  )iri('st  Ih.wciI. 

"  After  I  left  here  I  siuroeJed  in  my  olijoet," 
rontinned  Did.. 

'■I  heard  so,"  saiil  i.i.Mioii,  coldly. 

"  And  you  have  heard  also  that  I  met  with  a 
tcrrihie  iiiuiishuicnt  tor  my  ]iresuni|p|iou,  or 
wiiatcver  else  you  may  choose  to  call  it.'' 

"  I  hi'ard  of  that  also,"  said  the  ['riest,  stern- 
Iv.  '•And  do  y(Ui  coniplain  of  ii '/  Tell  mc. 
Was  it  not  di'serve<l  ?" 

'■  If  their  sns|iicions  jind  yours  had  heun  cor- 
rect, then  the  |juilishment  would  have  heeii  well 
deserved.  Hut  yon  all  wroii;:  me.  I  eiilrtal 
you  to  ll<die^(•  me.  I  am  no  adventurer.  Iain 
lionest  and  sincere." 

'"Wo  have  tnily  your  weird  fir  tlii.<,"  saiil 
Li^'nori,  coldly. 

"\\"hat  will  make  um  hidirve  tliat  I  am  sin- 
rrro.  llicnV  said  Diek.  '•What  jiroof  cm  I 
pivc'r'' 

"  Yon  are  safe  in  otVerin;:  to  (;ivc  ii'oofs  in  a 
case  where  none  can  In-  ;;i\en." 

"I  nm  frank  wiih  yon.  Will  yon  not  he  so 
with  mo  ■/  1  CI. me  to  you  to  t  -v  to  convince  yon 
of  my  honesty.  l'adr>'  Lijuorl.  I  lovo  repita  as 
truly  and  as  Ik  norahly  as  it  is  )  ossilde  ftu'  man 
to  lovo.  It  \ras  ihal  t'eelinn  tint  so  liewildeivd 
mc  that  I  was  led  to  insult  \on.  I  went  out 
ill  the  midst  of  dati^-er,  and  would  have  died  for 
her.     With  those  feidin>:s  I  can  not  ^:ivo  her  ii]i." 

"I  h.ave  Ik  .ml  seiilimenl  like  tliis  often  li"- 
firo.      What  is  your  moaniiitr ?  ' 

•'  I  am  lii  !i  and  of  ^'ood  t'amily  in  my  own 
ronntry  ;  and  I  0.111  delermined  to  have  l'o|iila 
fi  r  my  wife." 

"  Yonrwifel" 

"Yf(t,"  said  Dick,  rcsoliit(dy,  "I  am  Imn- 
(T.'dilo  ami  ojien  aliout  it.  My  sirry  is  short.  1 
love  hoi',  and  "  is|i  to  make  her  my  wife." 

'I'lio  ex|iri'ssion  of  I,i;;noii  clian;.eil  enliiely. 

'•.Mil  this  makes  the  whole  matter  dilliient 
(lUoj;etlier.  1  did  Hot  know  this  lieluro.  Nor 
did  theConnt.  lint  ho  is  oNonsaldo.  A  snd- 
doii  iinssion  lilinded  him,  and  Ik-  attaokod  yon. 
I  will  t(dl  yon  " — and  at  each  word  the  jiriost's 
niaiiiur  j;rew  more  friendly — '•!  will  tell  yon 
llow  it  is,  Si;,'noro.  'I'lie  tiianlis  were  once  a 
jioworfiil  family,  and  still  have  thi'ir  title,  I 
consider  myscdf  ns  a  kind  of  n|i|iann(:o  10  the 
fainilv,  for  mv  aneesto:s  for  sooral  Lem-r.-iiions 


hut  still  an  imme- 
Tliere  are  vari- 


wcro  their  iiiii'/iiiiinl-iiiKiy.  Poverty  af  lust  stri|i« 
|ied  them  of  every  thin^'.  and  I.  the  l.ist  ot  the 
family  de|iondoiits.  rnlired  the  Chnrcli.  lint  I 
still  ]iro!torv(!  my  ies]ioct  and  love  for  them. 
Yon  ciiii  understand  how  hitlerly  I  would  re- 
sent and  aveiieo  any  liaso  act  or  any  wronjr  done 
to  them.  Ynii  can  umlerslaiid  I.nij:i's  ven^'i'am  e 
also.'' 

••  I  thiin;.'ht  ns  much."  said  Diek.  "  I 
tlioii;.'ht  yon  wore  a  kind  of  };nardian,  and  so  I 
came  here  to  tcdl  you  frankly  how  it  is.  1  lovo 
her.  I  can  make  her  rich  and  Inijipy.  To  do 
so  is  the  dosiriMif  my  heart.  Why  .should  I  hi; 
tiirmd  away'/  (ir  if  there  he  any  oliji.'ciion, 
what  is  it  ':'" 

I  ■•There  is  no  (Iiiootion— none  wh.'itovcr,  if 
I'o|iita  is  willinj;,  and  you  .siie  eridy  love  her.  I 
think  that  I,ni.;i  would  ii'iw  his  ciiisiiit.'' 

I       "Then  what  would  proMiit  me  fiom  niarry- 

I  iiif;  Iior  at  once  'f" 

i  "  At  once  1'' 
'•('orfainly." 
'"  Yon  shiiw  nii:<!i  ardor 
diato  iiiarriajjo  is  inipossil 
ons  reasons  for  this.  In  the  first  place,  wo  love 
I'cpitu  too  ilcarly  to  let  her  t;o  so  suddenly  to 
some  one  who  merely  fools  a  kind  of  impnlsj. 
We  should  like  to  know  that  there  is  some  jin.s- 
poct  <if  her  heine  happy.  Wo  ha.e  ohorishod 
her  oarifnlly  thus  far,  and  will  not   lot   her  ^ll 

i  without  Inwiii;,'  some  .soonrity  ahout  her  liapi  i- 
ness." 

I  "  Then  I  will  wait  as  lonj;  as  yon  lik(»,  or 
•einl  for  my  frii  ods  to  jiive  you  every  inl'ornia. 
lion  you  desire  to  have;  or  if  you  want  me  to 

,  uivo  any  proofs,  in  any  way,  a'noitt  any  thin;;, 
I'm  road\ ." 

I  "'i'heio  is  ntiotlior  thintr,"  said  I.imiori, 
"whieli  I  hojio  }oii  will  take  kindly.  Yon  ar,- 
Miiin;'  and  in  a  foieinn  country.  This  siuldi  11 
inipul.se  may  ho  a  whim.  If  you  wore  to  mar- 
ry now  ynii  iiii^dit  liittorly  repent  it  hefore  tlireo 
monih.s  wore  o\or.  I'ndor  such  circnmsianees 
it  Would  ho  misery  for  yon  nnd  her.  If  this 
lia|)]ionoil  in  your  native  country  you  could  ha 
hetrothed  and  wait.     There  is  also  nnotlior  roa. 

'  Son  w  hy  wailin;;  is  ahsolntidy  necessary.      It  will 

.  take  some  time  to  ^•aiu  her  hroiher's  consent. 
Now  her  hrolher  is  ).oor,  hut  ho  mi;;lit  Imvu 
heon  rii  h.  lie  is  11  Liheral,  and  helon;;s  to  the 
National  party,  lie  hates  the  present  .«yslciu 
lii'ro  most  hitlerly.  lie  took  part  in  the  Itomaii 
Iio]iuhlioan  movement  n  lew  vears  aj^n,  and  was 
imprisoned  iilur  the  return  of  the  roju',  and 
lost  the  last  vostifo  of  his  pnpi'rty  hy  oonlisca- 
lioii.  IIo  now  dit'sscs  coarsely,  and  declines 
to  associate  with  any  Konians,  <'Nci'pt  a  few  who 
:ire  moinliers  of  a  secret  society  with  him.  He 
is  very  closely  w.it<'heii  hy  the  (iovcinmonf,  so 
iliiit  he  has  to  he  <|uiot.  Hut  ho  c\|iccts  to 
rise  to  omin(!iioe  mid  power,  and  even  wealih, 
licfc^re  very  liiii;^.  .^o  you  see  he  iloos  not  ln'ik 
upon  his  sister  as  11  tnori!  eoinmon  c'vory-day 
nnilch.  He  expects  to  elevate  her  to  the  hijih- 
ost  rank,  whore  she  can   find   the  host   in   tlio 

,  couii!:y  around  her.     For  my  own  pait  I  think 


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k.       ••  I 
mill  ^ci  1 

1    1..VU 
'I'cl.h. 

iiiiM  I  lie 
iji.'cliiin, 


till'*  i-i  iliiiilptfiil  ;  mill  it"  villi  live  in  ('anic-t  I  tciiil  to  ilii-^.  IJiit  Imw?  liiittons  wiis  (itFwitli 
HlimiM  il"  wliat  I  <(iiilil  to  ruilliiT  yiMir  iiitiT-  the  S|iiiniaiils  ;  Dick  lia'l  f'Diie  mit  (Ui  ii  drive, 
est.  Hill  it  will  take  suinu  time  tu  ]icrsuudo  No  one  coiiM  lielji  him,  so  he  tiied  it  himsill'. 
ih"  ('oiiiit."  I  III  tact,  lie  hail  never  lust  ('(intideiieo  in  his  ])i)w- 

"Then,  sitiiatcil  as  I  nm,  what  can  1  do  to  ers  oF  inakint;  himselt"  understood.  It  wus  still 
piin  her?"  asked  Dick.  j  a  (ixed  eimvieiiipii  of  his  that  in  cases  of  iieces- 

"  Are  your  friends  thinking  of  leavinj;  liuiiic    sity  any  intelligent  man  could  make  his  want) 


soon?" 

"  Yes.  jiretty  soon." 

"  Do  not  leavu  them.  Oo  with  them.  I'lir- 
SMO  the  course  yoii  ovit;inally  intended,  just  as 
t!iini;.'li  nothing'  had  lia|i|ieiieil.  If  alter  your 
tour  is  liiii->!ieil  you  tind  that  your  fee  I  iii|.'s  an- 
as struns  as  ever,  and  that  she  is  as  dear  to  you 
as  you  say,  then  you  may  return  here." 
"  And  you  ?" 

''  I  think  all  olijeetions  may  he  renioved." 
"  It  will  take  some  weeks  to  tiiii>h  onr  tour." 
"Some  weeks!       Oli,  do   not  return  under 
three  months  at  least." 

'•Three  moiiilisl  that  is  very  loiii,'!" 
'•  Not    I'l'i  loiitj.     The   lime    will  soon  jiass 
nuav.      If  von  do  not  reallv  love  lii;r  voii  will 


known  to  iiitelli>,'eiit  foreitrners.  If  not,  there 
is  stu|iidity  somewhere.  Had  he  not  done  .so 
ill  I'aris  and  in  other  places  ? 

So  he  raii>;  and  inaiia;;ed  to  mak>!  the  servant 
understand  that  he  wished  to  see  tiie  landlady. 
Tin;  l.iiidiady  had  always  shown  a  f,'reat  adnii- 
ralion  for  the  manly,  not  to  say  |,'i;.'aMtii:  liiarnis 
of  the  Senator.  r|ioii  him  she  heslowed  her 
hriKlitest  smile,  mid  the  ijiiick  Uiisli  on  her 
f.iee  and  heavinj;  hreast  told  that  the  Senator 
had  made  wild  work  wiili  liur  too  su.scei.tiliji! 
heart. 

So  now  when  she  learned  that  tlio  Senator 
wished  to  see  her,  she  at  once  imaf^ined  the 
cause  to  be  any  thiii;^  ami  every  thiii^  except 
the  real  one.      Why  take  that  jjarticnlar  time, 


he  >.'lad  at  h!iviiii»  esca|KMl  ;   if  you  do  you  will    when  all  the  rest  were  out?  she  tliou|:iit.      l-',vi 
rejoice  at  luniii^'  proved  your  sincerity."  dently  fur  some  tender  imrpose.      Why  S'.nid  for 

.Siine  further  conversation  pass.'d.  after  which     her?     Why  not  eoino  down  to  see  her?      I'ivi- 
Dick.  liiidiii;;  the  priest  iuih'xilil".  eeas-l  toper-  '  dently  hecausi-  he  did  not  like  the  inibliciiy  of 


Siiad  ',  and  acceded  to  his  proposal. 


niAl'TEU  X.XXVI. 

SlIOWlMi   Il.iW  DIITIiri.T  IT  IS  TO  <ii:T   A    I.MN- 

ii::i>-.  iin:  iiii:  si:\Arnii  WANri:i)  iim:,  and 
Nur  KMiwisu  Till-:  i.ANoiAi.i:  out  into  a 
srnAi'i;,  Nor  iiv  ins  own  km  i.t.  run  iii:  w\- 
cvuKiTi.  Aiiiii  r  (OMMirrisii  iiim>i:i.i-  with 
Tin;  i,mim:s;  hit  i'uav.  was  it  his  rvri.T  u' 
THi:  i.vi)ii>  woiT.H  rAKi:  a  i-amv  to  iii.m? 

Sii.viiiiv  .Mn;  \Miin  IN- \  Unr\,  who  was  the 
landlady  ofihe  li'msc  where  the  Cluli  were  loil;;- 
iii;r,  was  a  wid'iw.  of  alioiit  furly  years  of  aj,'e, 
^till  fresh  and  Idooniiii);.  with  a  merry  dark  eye. 
and  much  iiniiiiation  of  features.  Sitiiii;?  usual- 
ly in  the  small  room  wliieli  they  ]iassed  on  the 
way  to  tiair  apirtmenis,  they  had  to  stop  to 
pn  their  keys,  or  to  I'ave  them  when  they  went 
iiiit.  and  Hiitions  .".miI  Dak  frcipieuily  stopped 
to  have  a  little  conveisatioii.  The  rest,  imi 
l)eint;  aide  to  speak  Italian,  coiiteiitcil  them- 
selves with  smiles;  the  Senator  I'lirtieiilarly, 
who  pi\e  ;l,  •  most  heamiii;:  of  smiles  hoth  on 
iroiii;;  and  on  r.-lnrMinj;.  Snmeiiinrs  he  even 
tried  to  t.ilk  to  her  in  his  ineal  adaplatimi  of 
hrokrii  I'.iuli-Ii.  spoken  in  haul  tones  to  the 
lieniniitcd  hat  f,i>cinatin„'  t"orei;;ner.  Her  iir- 
tention  to  Dick  during  his  sickness  increased 
the  Senator's  admiration,  and  he  tliou;jht  her 
"lie  of  the  hest,  one  of  the  most  kind-hearted 
nnd  sympathetic  of  hi-infjs. 

One  day,  toward  the  elosn  of  their  slay  in 
Uoino,  the  Senator  was  in  a  ti\.  He  had  not 
had  any  wiishiiij;  done  since  he  cMino  to  t!ie 
I'ity.  Ho  had  run  through  all  his  olenu  linen, 
and  enine  to  a  dead  stand.  Hefore  leaving  f .  i 
onother  place  it  was  alisoliitely  necesHirv  to  at- 


her  room  at  the  Concieiverle. 

She  arrayed  hersidt",  therefore,  in  her  Iirijjlit- 
est  and  her  hest  iliarms  ;  (.'a\e  nil  additional 
lloiirisli  III  hrr  i!..i\>  h.iir  that  htm-  >\  \\  iir.dy  an  1 


111..   !i;.NAi".i  IS  A  iiAii  U.S. 


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H: 


luxiiiiinily,  nml still  without  n  trnccof  fjrny  over  '      "Mc  — inc  —  want  —  Im  —  liiini  —  nli !    Ymi 

Iii'r  t'liii'lii'iiJ  ;  looki'il  at  licrsi'lf  wiili  Iut  i!;irli    know  —  mo  — ^'cntlt^inan  —  liuni  —  iiic (,'on. 

I'Vi's  in  the  (;las.s  to  s^ci;  if  !.li()  apiuari'ii  to  the    fuuiul  tlio  luck,"  hu  uiMcil,  iu  iirul'ouiwl  voxa- 
hcst  ailviiiita^'e ;  nml  tinallv,  in  Mimu  n;;itatiiiM,    tion. 


liiit  with  ^'l^•at  oap'rnL'ss,  shu  wi-nt  to  ulny  the 
Kiiniiiiiin^, 

Mi'Miiiiiiit'  the  Senator  hail  ln-cn  ilcllicralin^' 
hiiw  til  l>i';.'in.      llo  fell  that  hi;  roiiM  nut  .slmw 


"  .sV'/'KDT,'' sai'l  Miiamhilina,  "/,(  ill  /.lit/ni* 
ti/i;:it  nil'  inti/iiin/i ," 

'I'lic  Sunator  tmiii'il  his  cyi's  allanminl,  ovcvy- 
wiific,  in  Ji  iKs|iiiaIo   hall-cniix  juu-i  .scaidi  lor 


iii.i  hnnilli'  ol'clolhi'S  to  so  I'air  and  lino  ii  croat-  csi'a|:i!  from  an  ('mliarra>sin;;  silmilii.n. 
nro  as  this,  whoso  manners  wero  so  soft  and  '^  Sii/nnrr  i,ii!  li  siiiiiin  mi/i ,  to ssnhn  <■!  Fdiii," 
whose  smile  so  ]ileasant.  llu  woiilil  do  any  remarked  the  Sij,'nora,  emonni|;iii-!y. 
thin;;  tirst.  Ilo  wonld  try  a  roiindahoiit  way  "Mo  want  to  tell  yon  thisi"  l)ni>i  forth  the 
of  makiiiii  known  his  wishi-s,  trnsiin;,'  to  hi-;  Senator.  "Clothes  — you  know-  washy  — 
own  |iowei-s  and  ih.'  inte||i^'l•n(■o  of  the  lady  I'or  wa-^liy.''  AVlierenpoii  he  elevated  hi-j  eyehrows, 
a  full  and  eoni|ilele  nndersiandin);.  .lust  a^  lu^  smiled,  and  l.roiii;lit  tlio  lijis  of  his  (in;„'ers  to- 
had  Come  to  this  («ineIu>ion  ther^'  was  a  lindd  (.'ether. 

knock  at  tlu'  door.  "  /u  uim  so  ilu  rasn  viial  ilir  mi.  I/'ii.stri.'':  iinn, 

"(.'ome  in,"  said  the  Senator,  wli.i  liei:;an  to  said  ihu  Si;^nora,  in  ht'«  ilderimiit. 


feel  a  little  awkwaid  already, 

'^  J:' /I.  niirssii .'"  s.iicl  a  soft  sweet  voiee,  "  .« 
/itiii  (/)/;v;/(  .'"  and  Si^iiiora  Mirandolina  lioica 
ndvaneed  into  the  room,  j^iviii:;  one  look  at  thv! 
ISonator,  and  then  easting  down  her  eyes. 

'' I  iiii/issiinti  «i  /  I'll  (/('  /,(/',  ^ii/uori',  ml  ntiii- 
untnili.'' 

lint  the  Senator  was  in  a  (I'landary.  Wiiat 
conld  ho  do?  How  h.'j'in?  What  (rcstnre  v.oiill 
be  till'  most  liiiin;,'  lor  a  lie;:iniiia^;  ? 

The  ]iau>e  henaii  to  he  eniiiarrassiii).'.  The 
lady,  however,  iisyet  was  ealni — talniijr,  in  faet, 
than  when  she  entered. 

So  she  s]ioke  onee  more.  I 

"  ///'  <//i  /ill  r.liii  f,i.--(}'ii,ii,  fHiislih  s'.iiii, .'"        j 

'I'he  Senator  was  dreadfully  enihariassod. 
The  lady  was  so  IV.ir  in  li»  eyes.  Was  this  a 
woman  who  could  n  iitemidate  the  faet  of  •■•oiled 
linen  ?    Never.  I 

"  Khein  !"  sai.l  ho.  ! 

Then  ho  paused.  | 

".Scccd  ill  11)1(1,"  said  Si{;nora  .Mirand.dina. 
"('.'ir  rV,  Sii/iiii.-i .''  1 

'J'hcn    liMikin;;    ii|i,  she  saw   the   face   of   the 
Seinilor  all  msy  red,  turned  toward  her,  with  a 
iit'.anj;e  ciinlasidn  and  emharrassment  in  his  eye,    want  to  (ict  my  <d(ithes  washed  soniewlu'ie.      Of 
yet  it  was  a  kind  eye— a  soft,  kind  eye.  cmn'so  you  don't  do  it,  hut  you  can  tell  me,  you 

"  /•,''//('  p  fiiiHv  iiimimiirnio  ili  me,"  murmured    know,      llm  ?" 
the  lady,  f;aiherin)^  new  courage  as  sho  saw  the        "  .Xmi  nijiimn.'' 

liinidily  of  the  other,  ^'('/n-  ifiinidi  ::it !'  she  "Madame,"  said  ho,  feeling;  ronfidint  that 
coiMiniicd.  loud  enough  for  the  Senator  to  hear,  she  would  nnilersiaiid  that  word  at  lea>t,  and 
yet  siioakinj;  as  if  to  hersilf.  ^'('lic  lntU-.-ii.'  ihinkin;;,  too.  that  it  mi(;lit  |ierlia|is  >er>o  as  a 
nil  i/ii/iiiil'ioiiio,  rcidiiiuiili:  —  f  ijiicsl'  c  iiiollo  jn'n-  key  to  exjilain  any  other  words  which  ho  mi^ht 
(•(  mil/'  apjieiid  to  it.      "  .My  i  lothes — I  want  to  p't  theiu 

She  ;;lanred  at  the  niniily  fi({in-o  of  the  Sen-  washed — laundress — washy— snap  and  water — 
atorwiih  a  lender  admiration  in  her  eye  which  clean 'em  nil  nji- iron 'em— hant;  "em  out  to  dry. 
s-ho  cotild  mit  repress,  and  which  was  so  intclli-    Ha  ':'" 

pihlo  to  the  Semitor  that  he  Idiished  more  vin-  While  sa_\  ii'^;  this  ho  indul^icd  in  an  esiiross- 
lently  than  ever,  and  looked  holjilessly  around  ivc  |iantomiuo.  When  ailndinn  to  his  i  lothci 
liiiu.  ho  placed  his  hands  n(;ainst  his  chest,  w  hen  mcn- 

'"  /■'  iniuniinniln  ill  iiir,  srnzn  iliihio,"  s:ui\  the    tioninj;  thoilryinj;  of  tlicm  he  waved  them  in  tho 


"You — yon — you  know.  Ah?  ^\^lsIl\•? 
lley  ?  No,  no,'"  ^l;akin^;  his  head,  "  iii  t  wasi.y, 
hut  'III  wa.'Iiy." 

'I'ho  landlaily  smiled.  The  Senator,  eiicour- 
n^ed  hy  this,  eami?  a  step  nearer. 

'^  C/ii'  lOfil  i"      ]l  riiiif  mijiiil/tltd,       /v  tiiiiin," 

miirmurod  La  liocca. 

Siie  retreated  a  step.  Whereupon  the  Sena- 
tor at  once  feil  hack  a^'aiIl  in  L'rcat  confii-inn. 

"  Wa>!iy,  washy,"  ho  repeated,  mccliai;ieally, 
as  his  mind  was  utterly  va),'iic  and  ili>lrait. 

"  I'lissl-l.'i.iissl  !''  repeated  tiie  other,  iiiter- 
fi'izaiivelv. 

"  .Me-" 

"  Til,"  saiil  s!,e,  with  tender  cni|h;i>i-. 

"Wee  moun>cor,"  said  ho,  with  utter  desper- 
ation. 

The  Sij.'ni  ra  shook  her  head.  "  .\"ii  •  'i/iisrn. 
J/(«  <]iiil'i,  liiiliiiiliii/'iiiii  I'll  iiilni  mi  iiliiiii  i.tr,  i/,e 
soiio  ."•(  mill  sii/iii  maiiifixll  il'iimnn- .'" 

"  I  don't  niitlorsltiiul,  inarm,  a  siii;;lo  word  of 
that." 

'i'he  Si;,'nora  stniled.  The  Seinitor  took  cour- 
a;,'e  atraiii. 

The  fact  is  this,  marin,''  stiid  If,  I'nnly,  "I 


Si;;nnra,  '^  n ri/oiiiui  mm  vuol  rhc  si .sh/uksv. 


lir.      The  landlaily  compreliendcd  1 1 


Ilf 


The  Senator  at  lencth    found  voiee.       Ad-    not?     When  a  j^entlonmn  places  his  har 


his 


vaiiciiiK  toward  the  lady  he  looked  at  her  very    heart,  what  is  his  moanin 


earnest Iv  am 


th' 


\p\t  very  piteous 


Iv- 


O   sulll;illi:z(t   (it 


mnnnu 


red   sho. 


held    out   hot      his    hands,  then    smiled,  then    "  C/ic   i-nsu  rerrn,"    she  eontinceil,  iookint:  np 
spread  his  hands  apart,  thcti  nodded  and  smiled    timidly  hut  invitingly. 


n^'uin,  and  said- 


Tlio  Senator  felt  doul  tful  at  this,  ntid  iu  f.ict 


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87 


TIIK  sr.NAT.II!  IN   A   WillUi;;  fix. 


a  liitli'  frI>:liti'iK'.I.  A;;Mi;i  Ut  i-lnccil  liis  lianil" 
mi  his  I'lii'^t  lo  in.lic.iti'  his  chiihcs;  \\o  struck 
tli:it  in;\ii!y  v\\f<t  toiiilily  si'Vim;iI  tiiiics,  lookin;: 
iit  Iii>r  all  ill '  tiiiic.     'I'lu'ii  he  wrunj;  his  haii'ls. 

",l/(,  i>i;/iiori ,"  .sniil  La  Kof./n,  with  a  luflt- 
in;^  nhiiicc,  *'  tiou  e  d'lin/io  di  ili.ifwniiionc," 

"  \V;ishy.  washy—" 

"/'.'/ 71'/ /'I ,  .';<'    A//'/   >'«')/  .s'yi<i,s';j'';i/,  Noll   Ci^   il'lli- 

mild,"  rc'turiiL'il  the  otluT,  with  true  Italian 
frankness. 

'•  Soap  anil  water—'' 

"  .\(>n  III)  il  rdiiiiiil'i  ili  ilir  ill  no.'' 
The  Senator  had  his  arms  (iiitstretcliod  to  in- 
dicate th(!  han^rin^'-rlllt  |>ri)cess.  Still,  however, 
fccliiij,'  <loiili;fiil  it'  lie  were  .lIto^'l•thor  under- 
stood, he  fhoii^'ht  he  woidd  try  another  torni  of 
]iantoniiinc.  Siiddetdy  lie  fell  down  on  his 
knees,  and  h";.'an  to  imitate  the  action  of  a 
washer. woman  over  her  tuh,  washing,  wnn.:;ing, 
j:oiindin;;,  nddiiii;:. 

"  O  i/niii'  (•/.  A) .'"  cried  the  Sipnr.ra.  Iier  |iity- 
inir  heart  filhvl  with  tenderness  at  the  si;;ht  of 
this  iiohlii  hciiit;  on  his  knees  liet'orc  her,  and.  as 


Her  warm  Iiearf  i)roiiij't"d  lur,  and  s'lC  ohey- 
<'d  its  inipulsr".  What  else  could  >lie  <lo?  She 
lliiii;;  hcrsLdf  into  his  oiitslrctclicd  arms,  us  I.e 
rais.'d  liiuist  If  to  haiif,'  out  iiiiaj;iuary  diilhes  on 
ail  iinisilile  lino. 

The  Senator  was  thiiinlerstrn<'k,  confoiindcd, 
I  ewildered,  shattered,  overcome,  cru^-liecl.  stn]ie- 
ii<'d,  hlasti'd,  ovcrwhilmed,  horror-stricken, 
woiiiK-r-sinitten,  Miinihiliitcd.  aiua/'d,  horrified, 
shocked,  fiiplileiicil,  tcriilicd,  lioui'liisc  d,  willeil, 
awe->tnick,  shivered,  asloiilidetl,  dmiilitoiinded. 
He  did  not  even  striij;;:le.      lie  was  iiaraly/.eil. 

•'  .lA.  iiiris.iliiin,"  .snid  11  soft  and  tender  voice 
in  his  ear.  n  low,  sweet  voice,  "  sr  ri  iiiiiinita  //«? 
mil!,  siiin  III  tnn  riirms'imii  s/msu- — " 

At  that  iiionieiit  the  door  o)ieiir-d  and  Riit- 
tons  walked  in.  In  an  instant  he  darted  out. 
'I'iie  Sicnora  hurried  away. 

'•  Ail.i:o,liilli.isiiiiii,  ntrissiniiiiiiiijii!"  she  si^^h- 
cd. 

The  Senator  was  still  [un- lyzed. 

Afier  a  time  he  went  with  a  j'ale  and  anx- 
ious face   to   see    Iiutton>:.     That  younj,'   niaii 


she   tlioiipht,  wrin;:in;?   his   liands    in   despair,    promised   secrecy,  and  when   the  .Senator  was 
'O  f/riiii'  riilo!     J-.'i/li  c  innnmontUi  di  me  non    telliim  his  story  tried  hard  to  look  serious  and 


jmo  jiiirlitr  Ital'aino  c  cosi  non  }>uo  dinni  It 


s\i;ij)athelii 


I 


II  >aiii.      The  tlKuij^ht  of  that 


es 


TIIK  DODGK  CLUH;  0I{,  ITALY  IN'  MDCCi MX. 


■(•(MIC,  i\u<\  llic  caiM'  iif  il,  mill  tlur  Iphmdcr  tliiit 
liiiil  Im'cii  tikiiIl!  (ivcrwliclincil  liiiii.  I.iiii/hlcr 
CMiivul.'x'l  liiiii.  At  Inst  tlio  ^(.•imtor  (.'nt  ii|>  in- 
ili;.'iiiiiiily  iiiul  left  the  room. 

Htit  \vlmt  WHS  \n-  l^>  ilii  now?  'riic>  tliiiin 
roilM  ll'it  lie  I'XJilMilicil.  Iliiw  ciilllil  lie  ;.'i't  nut 
n(  till'  liiMisc  ?  lie  Would  Iiiivc  to  ]i;ii»>  Ikt  as 
sill'  silt  lit  the  lUor. 

II(!  had  til  call  on  niittnns  iii^niii  and  iin|-liiri! 


HiTY.  —  K(ii.i,ii>  op  Miiiii:i!\  ( riirrrs.  —  i:r.v\- 
(ii.iw  AMI  Id  -KIN.— iiiiw  TAU  I'diM  i,\u  •iA>ri; 

l«   Woliril    AS^    IMIN(i.— I  (INl  I.I   lllN(i  I(|:MAI11\1 
Ol'  .\  Mix  i;i.l  AM.ol  !»  MX  llll'I  l(i>. 

(T)iiTc!  »■>  n  Ml  .if  fill).  I  tj.iitir  tiiv..|f  iluit  llir  iil.,.vn 
Mil  ;lil  |..  tikr  till'  CM'.  Il  wii-  iiiv  iiili  iili'ii,  nil  i|>r  ilr. 
(iHiliiri'  •'(  llii-l'liili  liiiin  Cmiii',  t>>  »illi'  n  cliii|>ii'r  i.f  ii 

tllMl'  Mll'llly    I  .\llllll-.||(l'    <  llll'lil  III,    Hi*    UIII    Ii.'    XI  I  II    I  villi! 

Iiil.l.'  ..I  r..||liMil<  hli'^V";  l.u>  nlli  I'ttiir  I,  liii.llni;  Hint  iji,' 
i'liii|iti'i  liml  iiliiriily  liiicliiil  llir  lUiiii'ii-iiiiiK  if  II  f^Hiil- 
i-iz.  il  I  ■Ilk  Iii'Immi  II  nuiiiiT  III  it   iiiip  wiitti' 


Ids  «..iMaii(r.      TIk;   dillic.illv    was   so    ivpii^;-    j';"' 1' ''«-''■ '''"''•t' 'I  i"  tl.U  «..rk  1m,..,.1.1  JV.  n-'llo^^^^ 


naiit,  and  llic  liiatlir  ko  very  delicate,  that  I'.iil 
tons  drrl.ircd  liu  could  not  taki>  the  r.'s|ioll- 
hiliility  of  si'filin.;  it.  li  would  Iiiim;  to  he- 
liroii^'lii  In  r.irc  the  Cliili. 

'I'hi-  (lull  h:id  a  meeting  uhoiii  il,itiiil  iiiany 
I'lans  Were  |iroii(iscd.  The  siiickcii  Siiiator 
liiul  unc  |ilaii,  1111(1  that  incviiilcil.  Il  was  to 
li'iivu  lionic  on  the  lolliiwin);  day.  I'nr  his 
|iiu't  he  had  made  u)i  his  iniiid  (o  li'avc  the  house 
lU  oiirc.  lie  would  slip  out  as  tliou;;li  he  in- 
IcndiMl  III  ictiirn.  and  the  others  cnuld  xtlle  his 
hill  an  I  hriii;;  with  tluMii  the  clothes  that  had 
Ciin.scd  all  thi*  li'oulilc.  lie  would  meet  tlietn 
in  the  innrniii;.' outside  the  j:alc  of  llie  city. 


iiiii'  n-  li 


I  liiiiu 


III  Inct,  If  It    «i'ti'  ll.llllllt.'il    lli.lll'lr,' 

iiiiiii-  M'lil.j  incr  liii  lii-ir.|  if  III!'  Iii.ili;!'  I  liil  ;  h  lili  li 
»■  iiM  l-i  11  uiiiil  ply,  n-  till'  III-  I  if  (111  11-  iiildiiliiii .  ili.j 
tint  Ink.'  |i|iiri'  lllllll  lillil'  llii-  |lct"!;  mill  lln  till-  l-lli' 
iciil  i-li.iliirti  r  iif  llir  iHCTiil   wmk,  I  liinr  liiiiillv  ili  riili  ■! 

Im  ililiri;!'  till'  ili:i|ili  r  li:t.i  n  I k,  «  liiili  I  «  III  |iii|.||.|i 

1  hi  1  I  liivi'  >;iMii  I.I  till'  Hi.il.l  II, y  ••|li-l.  ry  if  llii'  Mil'. 
iiiiii"',"'  "'rr.  iilii,'  nil  III,'  (imk  rmtiiii-,''  •• «  i.iir  !•  if 
'linlvi'  1,11'tiiri  1  1.11  .M.. .1,1  II  lll-t  ly,"  iii  n  c.Iiili.!!  i.f  ilm 
••.A^Miii  tiiii..|ii'iiri'i'i"|.'i;v"  I'f  .i;  iliylii'i,  Willi  iirw  h'miI- 
liiU-i,  ••  lliiriiii.tiy  iif  (iii'ik  .\  in  111  Mil  I'm  i.ily."  >•  I  jci  r- 

ri-    ■<   ill  .S|lll-lMll    f  .r  111  (.•lllllrls.  nil   I!  !•  <  lllitlilnlf  ."^Vftl  111," 

'•'I'lii'  (Myxi  y  I.f  llniiii  I  liiiii-liiii'il  liitii  till  III  lillri  lii-li 
lllllll  II."  •■|l.i"rltiill.iiii.!i  till  S.Miil  I'lii  111  Niitiiii'i  hill  M.i. 
"llic  t,c..|ii.|iiy,"  •*  I'.li  iiii  lit-  .1  l.'i.li'."  "  l.Miiiiiiiiitiiiii  iiii'i 
till'  l.iiH  I.f  Ni'iitinl-."  ••  Mil' ..I  (ii'iHTiil  (,i  iiviii  W  a  liiiiL- 
Inn,"  >•  lli-liiiy  iif  Till  III  M.  illi  liii-."  '■'rniiiiii'iiiiiiH  nf 
111!'  'Siii'ii  .\i'r-.'rliili..|i  I'm'  till'  iiilvntu'i'iiii'iit  I.f  ItiiniMii 
l.riii'liini:,  Inrticiiliiily  .Niiliinil  S<li. ncr'  in.ii-i-iii'j;  ..|  .  ||.. 
mill' 1'  lllllll  II  liy  III yi  if  Mil  •'Mii  'rni'ili  .  f  .Mi.ihi-'.,"  mi.) 
,,,  .  ••  l,'i'|i'.il  nf  till.  •  Ki  iiTii'liiink|...rl.  AIiiliii.,  I  iiiii'il  I  niii^'ii'. 

I  I. IS   resiiliiiiou  wiis  ndolilcd  liy  nil,  iind   the     p„tl,iiii.l  l,.iilii.'.' 11,11.  vnlintiliy  Mi-finiiiuy  inl  .Mmitu  r-' 

Setlat.il-,  K'a\inu'  nmiiev  to  settle  lor  hiinsell',  I  ri.ml  Sk  irix,' ••  nliirh  nill  all  1,1.  mii  f..iiir..f  ||,.,«.' .Iny-. 
,,  ",    ,  ...  .       ,'     1  I  .l..ii'l  kii.i.i  1  vrirllv  «  lull ;  Inn  nflir  llii'V  1  .iini.  lilt   iliin 

went   away.      lie   passed    hnrne.lly  out    ol   the    ,.|,„,„,.|' „iii  „,,,„.,„i„i klnrm.     Ami  li  niiy.nny  .imi.I. 

door,       lie    dared    not    look.       He    heard    a    suit     riH  iin  fir  in  i.ail  till  Hi.  y  miil  lliat  rlmiili  r  !»  |..ii.  O'lnl. 

voice  MMiiMiince  the  word  '•  (.Ini,!  '"      lie  lied        ''"-'  ""*   f""'"'-  "I'  '  '""  "'<>'  '•■•  l"'li"l'"  "lnv'il  b-H'r 

AOUl     piuIlMlIlKt.  IIK.   wont         l.lnj.t.  Ill     IK  il.         ,„.,,„.  „f,..r  all  i!   Ili'»  lli.  Mir.  Si-nrv  ( (.Ttinll    llilll   ll.o 

Now  tliiit  one  who  owned  the  soft  voice  niter-    fortuin'.-  of  iliu  VtxV^i-  ciiili.] 
ward  c!ian;ie(l  her  l'eelill^'s  so  iniicli  toward  her 

"^'illia''  thai  opposite   his  name  in  her  lionsc- ,  « 

iMKik  sli(>  WTiiti!  the  fiillo«in)»  epithets:  Itir. 
lii!ii\  I  .tliiiic,  X"/iiiii'(  III,  I  II  III  ruin ,  (iili//iiiiri>, 
sJlii'lii'"',  /^i  :ciiliiirrlii,  .\iii  iiKlLti'i'm. 


CIIAI'Il.U   XXXVIIl. 


(•ii.Mir.;;  xxxvii, 

r'i<iit.—.\iti'' lit  //l^inii/.—rwi:  I'liKitisTiiiiic  ritv, 

— CKITK  At,    i;.\.VMINATl(iN     OK     MKIIIIIU     AMI 

Ills   sciiiiiii.,— Tiir,  i:.Mii.v   iitsriiity  <ii-  lin.Mi; 

I'l.Ai  i:i>  ON  \  UK. IIP  IIAsl.s.  — i;.\;'I.ANATIiiN  Of 
lll^roltV     Ol-'    Hl'l'l  III. ir. —NAI'ol. Ton's    "CI-:- 

fAit."'— Tin:  iMiT.iiiAi.  iir.MMi:.— riii:  noutii- 
KitN  11AH11M11ANS.— i(i,-.i;  (If  rtii:  r.M'Ai  v.— .Mt-:- 
in.KVAi.  KoMi;. 

7Ii/ii.^/iV(/./i//.— Tltli;  AP.IISTMrNT  or   lUilMiS  Of 

.\Ni  ii:\r  (  irv.— n-^  i'ia>i;\r.i.i;  fni'i  i.vrioN.— 

'•'•"'•"/!/■ — i:.\AMIN  \l  ION  of  flinMATIilN,—  fl  I'A 

Ti!AVi:iiTiNi:.— l|ll^l\^  (  f.MiAT.  —  ri:unA(oT- 

TA.- — Sim'iill  i-niishli  I'llliill  ff  /,'n,iii;ii  I  .i'4liniii'i!l. 
—  IlO'lii.  —  AliKINl.lll.— (  VlllllNAl.  Wl'-KMAN. — 
llflfSr  f..\l'l.lil:  \  lloN^,  1N>  llsllO  VTIoNS,  K.\- 
A.MIN  \rioNS,  f  XIIIMA  rioNl,  ANII  KKSISlITA- 
TIONs ..- KAUI.Y  ClIllIsrlAN  IIISTonV  M;T  ON  A 
TItli;  lusts.  — IJKI.KS.  —  MAUrVKS.  —  ltfAI.  OKI 
(UN  o!'  <  ATA(  OMIIS,— Till  1:  ANIt  Kfl.t Af.l.f   l:\ 

TKN  r  I  w  rrii  maps). 

Jiuiiiti!:s,,ti  .1(7.— Tin;  ttP.NAISSANCi;.— Tllf  f  AIM.V 

I'MN  I  :;ii-.:   i  im  mhi;,  oiotto,  it  kioinh.  mw- 

Al'.l.l.l.  >\N/|i>,  Mil  llf.l.\N(.l;l.l>  III  ONAKorrl.— 

'iiii:   1  i!A\--fiiiritvrioN.— fiii:    mosi:s   of   mi- 


■Alilliri.Mtl.V 


(  liri.ANiiM.o.  — llf.I. 

Mom: 

i.Asr    .11  iiiaii:\ r  —  lUNri;, 

si'iiur.— iiff.rr  of  (.on 


lAiNr  !'i:ti;i:  p,  ami 


11:    COLON  N  Mil:, 


Tin: 


,  ITAI.I  \N  TIlAVi;!.,  KOAIIS,  INNS. — A  (iUANIi  II;i:  MC- 
HOWN.— \N      AllMV      of      llf.lKJAIIS.— six       .'..IN 

iiiNTiNii  If  A  (  AUUiAiin  wiii:i:i.;  ani>  n..-,N.j 
I     Of  Tin:  si:natoii  foit  iin:  (ami)  or  itai.v. 

I  <  >v  the  followitij;  niorniiip  the  Seiialnr  win 
picked  up  at  the  pile,  where  he  had  waited  pa- 
tiently c\er  since  the  dawn  of  day.  His  scat 
was  secured.  His  iViinds  wire  ainund  him. 
He  was  safe.  They  rolled  on  iiienily  all  lh.';t 
day.  And  their  carria;.'C  was  ahead  of  that  of 
the  Spaniards.  They  stiii']ieil  at  ilic  s:inie  inns. 
Hiittiiiis  was  happy. 

The  next  day  dime.  At  tlilie  u'llnck  A.'il. 
on  the  next  day  there  was  11  sii'niilar  scene: 

A  vettura  with  the  fme-whcel  eriislied  into 
fia}.'inents  ;  two  horses  iiuully  pliin^'iiin ;  live 
men  thrown  in  dilVerent  directions  on  11  soft 
saiiiMiank  ;  and  a  driver  {.ii/itiK  npnii  the  scctio 
with  a  fice  of  Wdc 

The  Senator  tried  mo.-t  em  r_elically  to  luiisli 
the  dust  iVnin  his  cIoiIks  with  an  eiii.rnious  red 
silk  liandkcichi-f;  the  Doctor  and  .Mr.  ]-'i^';:s 
I'lokcd  atdiast  at  hu;:e  nuts  in  their  nether  fjiir- 
monts  ;  Muttons  and  I)ick  picked  themselves  ii|) 
and  hurried  to  the  wreck. 

The  eniotiiuis  nf  the  f  iriccr  iniiv  1  e  eonrcivcd. 


Tin;    MflM.KVAl, 


The  willed  was  an  inter  smash. 


iti  hii 


1(1 


lie  AUT  on  itai.v  ANII    however  thorough,  no  care  hnwiver  lender,  eniild 


ITALIAN    TAsTK.  —  ( oMl'AUI.soN    Of    l.oMHAUK    ]ilace  it  Oil  its  cdj;c  ii^'ai  11  ;i  pcrfi'i  I 


VViril   .SICILIAN  (IIIKCIILS.— TO  WHAT   i:.\TLN  r 

itoMf  iNfi.i  rNcfi)  Tins  im:\  fi.ofMf.Ni'.— Tin; 


fosTf.uiNii  si'iiirr  of  Tin:  riirm  ii 


-ALL  Mill.- 


-1.    A  hill 
iis(!  hefiirc  them.  Iiehiiid  which  the  Spaniards, 
hiilicrio  thcircompaiiiiins,  had  disapiieariMl  half 


i;it."<  .MIT  ciiuisTiAN.— win  Tins  w  as  a  nm  i;-    an  hour  previously,  iiiul  wcie  now  loliin^'on  over 


d- 


lol! 


Tin;  r.(»i)(iK  cLrn;  ok,  iiai.v  in  mdccclix. 


("J 


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the  [liilin  lioyoiid  tliiit  iiiil  nil  i^'nnrniit  of  tiii-.  "The  coiu'li  liii.s  iilreiuly  f.illiii  mi  ii,"  snl.l 

(li»ii'ifr.      V.\x-ry  riiiniu'iit  M'lun-iitcil  tliciii  innii'  Dirk.      "  Snii  ly  timt  is  I'linii^'li.'' 

wiilcly  tVoiii  ilic  lU'^piiiriii;;  liiiiiniH,     CouM  he  "  It  infuriiilL}  ino  tu  tiu<l  iiiysclf  uvcrtlirouii 

liiivc  iiii'taiiii>r|>liii»cil  liiiiiscir  into  It  wliiM'l  iiiiiHt  liori'." 

t.'l:iilly  uoiil.l  111'  li.ivf  iliiiic  ii.     III!  li;ul  \\i|i|,      'Yow  couM  not  \vi»ii  for  ii  li.tior  pLu'c,  my 

ilioii^lils  of  Hctiini;  oil' on  toot  mill  cutt'liin^;  up  I'ictro." 

to  ilii'Ui  licrori'  tli(!  nest  il:iy.      Miit,  oC  coiirso,  '•Wlintwiil  \oii(lo?"  Kuiil  Hiiiioii>.      "  We 

fiiitliiT  rclli'ciioii  kIiowl'iI  hill)  iliat  walkiiii;  was  imi^t  not  w  jjtu  linii'  Ihto.     L'aii  we  ^;o  on  ':'' 

out  of  tin-  iiuolioii.  "  How  is  that  possiMi' '(" 

Ihrk  looki'il  oil  ill  silrnci'.     Tliry  were  litiK'  "  \Vi'  iiii;,'lii  pit  a  wlu'd  ,it  ilir  iirst  town.'' 

ninii' ili!;ii  a  ilay's  i  (iiini'y  tVo:ii  Ivoiiie.     ('i\iia  '' \\'i'   coiilil   not  lir.l  oni;  if  wc  iii;nti.'il  ail 

Ca-tfllaiia  lay  liciwi-i'ii ;  yi't  pi'iliiiiis   a   ulici'l  llirou^li  tiic  tiii'iM-  nest  lo« !!>•." 

ini;;iit  not  In-  j;ot  at  I'ivita  ('a.stiliaiia.      In  tliat  "('ni>L'  your  Italian  townsi"  trkil  lJuttonn, 

f.iM'  a  ri'tnin  to  IJoiiiu  wa*  iiii'vitaliU'.     AVIiat  a  in  a  ra;,'i'. 

nioini'ntoiis  tlion;;lit  I      llaik  to  IJonif:      I>rr  "Ci  riuinly,Si(.'non>,riirsc  tlicni  ifyon  ilifiro." 
»inci'  111'  It'fi  III'  liailfi'Ita  prufuitwl  nii'laiii'iioly.  ''Wlirii'  can  \vi'  ;;('t  tlii'>  one  ii'paire.l  llieii?" 
'I'lu'  fii'liii;i  of  liiiiiu>iirkiir>rt  was  oil  liini.      He  "At  Civiia  Castt'llaiia,  I  liopi'," 
liail  aiiin^i'il  liini'i'lf  with  kei'piii;;  his  eyes  .>-lilit  "  liail;  tliere  I      Wlial.  uo  lia^k  I" 
anil  fiiii'vin^  tliat  lie  uas  moving  to  Iioiiie  in-  "I  am  not  to  hlame,"  ^ai^l  I'ieii'o,  uiili  res- 
Meal  if  iVoin  it.      Ileliail  repeiiteil  leaving' tlie  ijiniilioii. 

tiiy.      Iirtter,  li<>  ilion^lit,  lo  have  waiteil.     He  "  W'c  mn>t  not  t;o  hark.     Wi- >h:,Il  not." 

nii;.'ht  llieii  liaveseen  I'epil.i.      The  others  grail-  "If  «e  p>  forwanl  every  mile  will  n;ako  it 

iially  ealiie  to  survey  tip'  seme.  worse.      Aiul  hww  eaii  we  move  wilh  this  load 

"  I'.h  ?      Will,  wliai's  to  In'  i|  iiie  now  ?"  siiiil  ami  this  liroken  wIiitI  up  that  hill  V" 

Iliitiniis,  sharply,  as    the    ilriver    enin.!    aloiijr.  That  wa>  iiuiei'il  a  tlitliniiiy.      The  time  that 

"  How  lull;' are  yon  ;;i)in,' to  wait  ?"  hail  ehips'il  .-inee  ilu'  lameiitaMe  hreak-ilowii 

" .Si;_'iior(!    niaki'S   no   ailovvaine    for  a   |"ior  hail  lieeii  siidicieiit  to  hriiij;  npuii  the  seene  an 

man's  eonfiisioii.      DehoM  that  wheel !      What  inioneeivahle    crowil.       After    .sati-fun;;    their 

is  there  fur  me  to  il  > — unhappy  ?     May  the  bit-  euriosity  they  lietook  themselves  to  haziness, 

ter  enr>e  of  the  rnii;eJ  fall  upon  tha;   iiiiserahle  liatrtieil,    iliriy.    evil-faeeil,    wnkeil-eycil, 

wh.rl!"  ^1  nulling,  wl.iniii;,',  imiiuleiil— seventeen  wuui" 


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en,  twenty-nine    Bm;ill    boys,  and    thirty-one 
men,  without  counting  curs  and  goats. 

"  .Siguo-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o !  in  the  name  of 
the  I'lver  ISlessed,  and  fur  tlie  lovo  of  Heaven." 
"  Cio  to  thunder."  "For  the  h)ve  of."  "  We 
Iiave  notiiitip,  notliln;;,  nothing  !  Do  you  Iiear?" 
"Of  tlic  Virgin."  ""Away!  I?e  off."  "Give 
nie."  "Go  to  bh)zcsl''  "Jle  nii.serahle." 
'■Will  you  1)C  oti'?'  "  Infirm,  blind,  and." 
"I'll  break  your  skidl!"  "Alto-ether  d>'s- 
perate.  '  "  H' you  torment  us  any  more,  I'll." 
"Only  the  snnUlest  charity."  "Sniasli  your 
nboniinahlo  bottle-nose  I"  "Oh,  generous  no- 
bles!" "Don't  ]iress  nie,  you  filthy."  "Il- 
lustrious cavaliers  !"  "Take  that!  and  if  you 
say  any  more  I'll  kick  you  harder."  "  I  kneel 
before  you,  oi)j)ressed.  wrefchcvl,  stiirving.  Lt't 
these  tears."  "I'll  nu.ke  you  slied  more  of 
tlicm  if  you  don't  clear  i)ut."  "N-u-n-  Sig- 
iio-o-o-o-ol"  "Away!"  "  I'cliold  a  wretch- 
ed \  illiiger  from  the  far  distant  Ticiuo  1"'  "  You 
be  hanged  !  Keep  oil!"  "  Oil,  iSigno-o-o-o-o  ! 
Oh  ])er  I'amor  di  Did  !  Carita!  Carita-a-a-a 
— sohimente  un  mezzo  baroecho — oh,  ;Sij:no-o-o  ! 
^datemi.''  | 

"I'ietro!  I'ietro!  for  Heaven's  sake  get  t:s 
out  of  this  at  once.  Anvwliere -^  anywhere, 
HO  that  we  can  e.-c:'.i:c  from  these  infernal  vaga- 
bonds!' 

The  result  was,  that  IMetro  turned  his  car- 
riage round.  15y  piling  the  baggage  well  behind, 
and  watciiing  the  fore-axle  carefidly,  he  con- 
trived to  move  the  vehicle  along.  ISehind  then; 
followed  the  iiertinacious  beggars,  filling  the  air 
with  ]!rayers,  groans,  sighs,  cries,  tears,  lamen- 
tations, ap]icals,  wailings,  and  entreaties.  Thus 
situated  they  made  their  entry  into  Civita  Cas- 
tcllana. 

Others  n.ight  have  felt  flattered  at  the  recep- 
tion tluit  awaited  them.  They  only  felt  an- 
noyed, 'i'he  entire  city  turned  out.  The  main 
street  up  which  they  jiassed  was  (piito  full. 
The  side-streets  showed  jieoide  hurrying  up  to 
the  priiiei])al  thoroughfare.  They  were  the 
centre  of  nil  eyes.  Thrcmgh  the  windows  of 
the  cafe  the  round  eyes  of  the  citizens  were  vis- 
ible on  the  broad  stare.  Even  the  dogs  and 
cats  had  a  general  turn  out. 

Nor  could  they  seek  relief  in  the  seclusion 
of  the  hotel.  'J'he  anxiety  which  all  felt  to  re- 
sume their  journey  did  wot  allow  them  to  rest. 
They  at  once  cxjiloied  the  entire  city.  ' 

M'as  there  a  carriage-maker  in  the  place  ? 
A  half-hour's  search  showed  them  that  there 
was  not  one.  The  next  thing  then  was  to  try 
and  lind  ii  wheel.  About  this  they  felt  a  little 
hopeful.  Strange,  indeed,  ifso  common  a  thing 
as  this  conlil  not  be  obtained. 

Yet  str.inge  as  this  might  be  it  was  even  so. 
No  wheel  was  forthcoming.  They  could  not 
find  a  carriage  even.  There  was  nothing  but 
two  ancient  caleclies,  wliosc  wheels  were  not 
only  rickety  but  utterly  disprojiortioned  to  the 
size  of  the  vettnra,  and  any  (piautity  of  bullock 
carts,  which  moved  on  contrivances  that  could 
scarcely  bo  called  wheels  at  all. 


Three  hours  were  consumed  is  the  t'.iilocs 
search.  The  entire  body  of  the  inhabitants  lie- 
came  soon  aware  of  the  object  of  their  di.'siies. 
and  showed  how  truly  symjiathetie  is  the  Ital- 
ian nature,  by  accompanying  them  wherever 
they  went,  and  making  observations  that  were 
more  sjirightly  than  agreeable. 

At  first  the  Club  kept  together,  and  made 
their  search  accomiianied  by  I'ietro ;  but  after 
a  time  the  crowd  became  so  immense  that  they 
sepaiated,  and  continued  their  search  singly. 
This  jiroduced  but  slight  iin)irovcmcnt.  The 
crowd  followed  their  examjile.  A  largo  num- 
ber followed  the  ,Senator :  walking  when  ho 
walked;  s!op])ing  when  he  stojiped ;  turning 
when  ho  turned  ;  strolling  when  he  strolled  ; 
peering  v.hen  he  ])cercd  ;  commcming  when  he 
spoke,  and  making  themselves  generally  very 
agreeable  and  deli;:litful. 

At  every  corner  the  tall  form  of  the  Senator 
might  be  seen  as  he  walked  swiftly  wiih  the 
long  jiroccssion  fnllouing  like  a  tail  of  a  com- 
et; or  as  ho  stoiiped  at  times  to  look  around  in 
despair,  when 

"  tie  aliiive  tlio  vost 
In  sli'iim  and  f.'OHtiiiX'  i>iMiiiIly  OMMiicnt 
SomI  like  11  tou'ti'.     IHa  liiriii  liiid  not  yit  lost 
All  itrf  iirigi!i;il  briyhtuois ;" 

although,  to  tell  the  truth,  his  clothes  had,  and 
the  traces  of  mud  and  dust  somewhat  dimmed 
the  former  lustre  of  his  garments. 

The  apiialling  truth  at  last  forced  itself  iijion 
(liein  that  Civita  Castellana  could  not  furnish 
them  cither  with  a  new  wheel  or  a  blacksmith 
who  could  re])air  the  broken  one.  Whether  the 
entire  mechanical  force  of  the  town  had  gone 
off  to  the  wars  or  not  they  did  not  stop  to  in- 
(piire.  They  believed  that  the  citizens  had 
combined  to  disappoint  them,  in  ho])es  that 
their  detention  might  bring  in  a  little  ready 
money  and  start  it  in  circulation  around  the 
comumnity. 

It  was  at  last  seen  that  the  only  way  to  do 
was  to  send  I'ietro  back  to  Home.  'J'o  delay 
any  longer  would  be  only  ii  waste  of  time. 
Sldwly  and  sadly  they  took  np  their  quarters  at 
the  hotel.  Dick  decided  to  go  back  so  as  to 
hasten  I'ietro,  who  might  otlicrwise  loiter  on 
the  way.  So  the  dilapidated  carriage  had  to 
set  out  on  its  journey  backward. 

Forced  tfi  endure  the  horrors  of  detention  in 
one  of  the  dullest  of  Italian  towns,  their  situa- 
tion was  dc])lorable.  Mr.  Figgs  was  least  un- 
happy, for  he  took  to  his  bed  and  slept  through 
the  entire  jieriod,  with  the  exception  of  certain 
intervals  w  Inch  he  devoted  to  meals.  The  Doc- 
tor sat  quietly  by  an  npjier  window  playing 
the  devil's  tattoo  on  the  ledge  with  inexhausti- 
ble jiatience. 

The  Senator  strolled  through  the  town.  IIo 
found  much  to  interest  him.  His  busy  brain 
was  tilled  with  schemes  for  the  improvement 
of  the  town. 

How  town  lots  could  be  made  valuable  ;  how 
strangers  could  be  attracted  ;  how  manufact- 
ures  could  be  promoted  ;   how  hotels  started ; 


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91 


'h 


__v^yyriy;(i(,,^^P   ^1=  ^>7>r  ll'« 


TJii;  s::NATcjr.'8  lscout. 

li  i\v  slio])s  SMjipiTti'd  :  how  trmlo  iiicrcnsccl ; 
liow  the  ^vllolo  sin'nniiuliiig  jKjpuhUioii  cnrithud. 
cspetiiilly  hy  the  Victories. 

"  Wliy,  iinniii.:^  thcsa  here  Iiills,"  FiiiJ  l;c, 
conrulentially,  to  Buttons — "  iinioii}:;  these  very 
liills  tlicrc  is  w:itev-])owei- inul  exoelleiit  location 
for,  say — Silk-wenving  mills.  Fulling  Jitto,  Grist 
ditto,  Carding  ditto,  Siuving  ditto,  I'laster- 
criishinK  ditto,  rhuiing  ditto. — Now  1  would 
luciiti'  a  cottoii-inill  over  there." 

'•Where  would  yuu  get  your  cotton?"'  r.nini- 
Lled  Buttons. 

"  Wli'M-o?"  rejjcated  the  Senator.  "  Grow  it 
on  t!i,'  (.Jainpagna,  of  course." 

.Buttons  passed  t!ie  time  in  a  fever  of  ini- 
patieiu'e. 

Por  fir  ahead  t'ae  Spaniarils  were  flying  fur- 
ther and  furtiier  a'.vay.  no  dnult  wondering  at 
every  stage  why  he  did  iu)t  Jnin  t!iein. 


CIIAI'TER   XXXIX. 

TuifMPii.VNT  pitoonnss  or  nicic.  —  r.KNn.vnMES 

FC)lI,i:i). — TIIK  DOIXilO  Cl.tll  IS  ATTACIiEI)  HV 
DIUOANDS,  AND  KVl-in"  MAN  OP  IT  COVICliS  HIM- 
SELF WITH  GLOltY. — ;?CU1;AM  Ul'  Tin;  A.Mlilll- 
CAN   EAGM5  ! 

It  was  lute  on  the  evening  of  the  following 
(lay  hefore,  Dick  made  ins  appearance  with 
I'ictro.  Another  vctiiira  had  been  olitained, 
and  with  cracks  of  a  long  whi])  that  losounded 
through  the  whole  town,  suiiiinoning  the  citi- 
zens to  the  streets;  with  thunder  of  wheels 
over  the  pr.vcments;  witli  prancing  and  snort- 


ing of  horses;  I'ietro  drove  up  to  the  hotel. 
Most  considcnoiis  in  the  turn-out  was  Dick,  who 
was  seated  in  the  couiie,  waving  his  hat  triuinj)!!- 
antly  in  the  air. 

The  a]i]icaranco  of  t!ic  carriage  was  the  sig- 
nal for  three  hearty  cheers,  which  burst  involui;- 
tarily  from  the  thre(>  Americans  on  tin.'  couvt- 
j'ard,  rousing  Mr.  Figfjs  from  sleep  iind  tl.c 
inn-kcciier  from  his  usual  lethargy.  One  li'i^k 
at  the  horses  was  enough  to  show  that  thcro 
was  no  chance  of  proceeding  further  that  day. 
The  ]ioor  beasts  were  covered  witli  foam,  and 
ti-eud)led  excessively.  However,  tluy  all  felt 
infmitc  relief  at  the  jirospect  of  getting  away, 
even  though  they  would  have  to  wait  till  the 
following  morning. 

Dick  was  dragged  to  the  dining-rof;m  by  his 
eager  friends  and  liercely  interrogated,  lie  had 
not  much  to  tell. 

'ihe  journey  to  Borne  had  been  mad'.'  with- 
out any  diflictilty,  t!:e  carriage  having  ttindiled 
forward  on  its  front  axle  not  more  than  one 
htindred  and  fil'ty-s.'ven  times.  True,  when  it 
readied  Rome  it  was  a  ])crfect  wreck,  the  fntme- 
work  being  comidetely  wrenched  to  jiieccs;  and 
liie  jirojirietor  was  bitterly  enraged  with  Tie.  .'o 
fir  not  leaving  the  cari'iage  at  Civita  Castellana, 
and  returning  on  horseback  for  a  wheel ;  but 
Dirk  interceded  for  the  poor  devil  of  a  driver, 
and  the  ])roprietor  kindly  consented  to  deduct 
the  value  of  the  coach  from  his  wages  piecc- 
me/il. 

Their  journey  back  was  quick  but  uninterest- 
ing. Dick  acknowledged  tl\at  he  had  a  faint 
idea  of  staying  in  Rome,  but  saw  a  friend  who 
aihised  him  not  to.  He  had  taken  the  reins 
and  driven  for  a  great  jiart  of  the  way,  while 
I'ietro  had  gone  inside  and  slumbered  the  sleep 
of  the  just. 

As  it  was  a  lonely  country,  with  few  inhabit- 
ants, lie  had  beguiled  the  tedious  hours  of  the 
journey  by  blowing  i)atriotic  airs  on  an  enor- 
THous  trombone,  purchased  by  him  from  a  mis- 
celiancoits  dealer  in  Rome.  Tlic  result  had 
been  in  the  highest  degree  jdeasing  to  himself, 
tliough  ])erhaps  a  little  surju'ising  to  others. 
No  one,  however,  interfered  with  him  excejit 
a  jiarty  of  geudartnes  who  attenijitcd  to  stop 
him.  'i'hey  thought  that  he  was  a  (Jaribaldi- 
no  trying  to  rouse  the  country.  The  trom- 
bone might  have  been  the  cause  of  that  suspi- 
cion. 

Fortuiiat<'ly  the  gendarmes,  though  armed  to 
the  teeth,  were  not  mounted,  and  so  it  was  that, 
when  they  attem)itod  to  arrest  Dick,  that  young 
man  lashed  his  horses  to  fury,  and,  loosening 
the  veins  at  the  same  moment,  burst  through 
the  line,  ami  before  they  knew  what  he  was 
about  he  was  away. 

Thev  fired  a  vollcv.  The  echoes  died  rtwav, 
mingled  with  gendarinerian  curses.  The  only 
harm  done  was  a  hole  made  by  a  bullet  through 
the  coach.  The  only  a])])arcnt  ert'ect  was  tho 
waking  of  I'ietro.  That  worthy,  suddenly 
roused  from  slumber,  jumped  uj)  to  hear  tho 
last  sounds  of  the  lilies,  to  sec  the  hole  made 


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II 


iti 


ICi;    IN    ilia    GLOUY. 


by  tlic  litillot.  tlio  f.uling  forms  of  the  frantic 
oilicials,  and  the  iiiiiililc  flptire  of  tlic  gallant 
driver,  who  stixjd  u]iri^;ht  uiioii  the  scat  wavin;: 
Ills  hat  over  his  head,  while  tlic  horses  dashed 
on  at  a  furious  ga!')]). 

This  was  all.  Nothiiij:;  more  occiu'rcd,  for 
rietro  dnive  tlie  remainder  of  the  way,  and 
Diek's  trondione  was  tabooed. 

On  the  fidlowing  niornint:;  the  wcleonic  de- 
Jiartiire  was  made.  To  their  inex]iressililc  ji>'- 
lliey  foinul  that  theeoaeli  was  this  time  astn.ii,. 
one,  and  no  ordinary  event  of  travel  eoidd  de- 
lay them.  They  had  lost  tvvo  days,  however, 
and  that  was  no  trillc.  They  now  entered  njion 
the  second  stage,  and  jiassed  on  without  dilli- 
cnlty. 

In  fact,  they  didn't  meet  with  a  sinL'le  inci- 
dent worth  tnentionin;:  till  they  came  to  I'ciMi- 
gia.  l'ernj;ia  is  one  of  the  finest  jilaees  in  Ita- 
ly, and  really  did  not  deserve  to  be  ovcrhanh'd 
so  terrifically  by  the  I'apal  troojis.  Every  body 
remembers  that  affair.  At  the  time  when  the 
Dodfie  Club  arrived  at  this  city  they  found  the 
Papal  jiarty  in  the  middle  of  a  reaction.  They 
actually  bcjjan  to  fear  that  they  had  fzonc  a  lit- 
tle too  far.  They  were  making  friendly  over- 
tures to  the  outniced  citizens.  15ut  the  hitter 
were  iiii]ilaeable,  stiff  I 

What  rankled  most  deeply  was  the  madden- 
ing fact  that  these  Swiss,  who  were  made  the 
ministers  of  ve  igeance,  were  part  of  thitt  ac- 
cursed, detested,  hated,  shunned,  despised,  ab- 
horred, loathed,  execrated,  contemptible,  stu- 
pid, thick-headed,  brutal,  gross,  cruel,  bestial, 
demoniacal,  fiendish,  and  utterly  abominable 
race — /  Tcdcsr/ii — whose  very  name,  when  hiss- 
ed from  an  Italian  mouth,  expresses  unuttera- 
ble scorn  and  undying  hate. 

They  left  I'erugia  at  early  dawn.  Jotrging 
on  easily  over  the  hills,  they  were  calculating 
the  time  Avlien  they  would  reach  Elorcnco. 

In  the  disturbed  state  of  Italy  at  this  time, 
resulting  from  war  and  political  exeitcinent, 
and  general  cxjiectation  of  universal  change, 
tiic  countrv  was  filled  with  disorder,  and  scoun- 


]  drels  infested  the  roads.  ]'aniciihirly  in  the  Pa- 

I  pal  territories.     Here  the  Government,  finding 

siithfient  em]il(\vnicnt  for  all  its  energies  in  tak- 

I  ing  care  of  itself,  could  scarcely  be  exju'cted  to 

I  take  care  cither  of  its  own  subjects  or  the  tiav- 

cllcr  through   its   dominions.     The  Americans 

had  heard  several  stories  about  brigands,  but 

had  given  themselves  no  trouble  whatever  about 

'  them. 

Now  it  c:;nie  to  ]ia«-:  that  about  five  miles 
from  Perugia  lliey  wound  ro;ind  a  very  thickly- 
wooded  niountain,  which  asicndcd  on  the  k'ft 
far  above,  and  on  the  right  descended  (piitc  ab- 
ruptly into  a  gorge.  Dick  was  outside  ;  the 
others  inside.  Suddcidy  a  loud  shout,  and  a 
scream  from  I'ietro.     The  carriage  stopi-cd. 

The  inside  jiassengcrs  could  see  the  horses 
rearing  and  ])lnnging.  and  Dick,  snatching  whip 
and  reins  from  Pictro,  lashing  tlicni  with  all 
his  might.  In  a  moment  all  inside  was  in  an 
uproar. 
'  •'  We  are  attacked  !"'  cried  Buttons. 
i  "The  devil!"  cried  the  Senator,  who.  in  his 
sudden  excitement,  im^cA  the  first  and  only  jmo- 
fanc  cx])ression  which  his  friends  ever  heard 
him  utter. 

Out  came  the  Doctor's  revolver. 
I       ]5ang!   bang!  went  two  rifles  outside,  and  a 
I  loud  voice  called  on  them  to  sinTcnder, 
I       "  Amldtc    al   iJlin-o/ii .'"    pealed    out   Dick's 
I  voice    as  lond   as   a  trumiiet.     His  bh^vs   fell 
fast  and  furiously  on   the  liorscs.     ^Maddened 
by  jiain,  the  animals  bounded  forward  for  a  few 
rods,  and  then    swerving  from    the   road-side, 
dashed  against  the  iirecipitous  hill,  where  the 
coach  stuck,  the  horses  rearing. 

Through  the  doors  which  they  had  flung 
open  ill  order  to  jiim])  out  the  occupants  of  the 
carriage  saw  the  reeling  figures  of  armed  men 
overthrown  and  cursing.  In  a  moment  they 
all  were  out. 

Bang!  and  then — 

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-bang  !  went  half  a  dozen  ri- 
fles. 

Thank  Heaven  I    not  one  of  the  Club  was 


THE  DODGE  CLUB ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  JIDCCCLIX. 


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s  ruck.     There  were  twenty  scoundrels  armcil 
to  the  teeth. 

The  Doctor  was  ns  stiff  ns  a  rock.  lie  nimeil 
six  times  as  calmly  as  thoiigli  he  wore  in  n  ]iistn!- 
pallery.  Nerve  tokl.  !^ix  cx]jl(i>i(ins  roareiL 
!?ix  yells  followed.      Six  lueii  reoh'd. 

''  I'd  give  ten  years  of  my  life  for  such  a  jiis- 
tul  1"  cried  IJiittous. 

Tiie  Italians  were  staggered.  Dick  had  a 
bowie-knife.  Tiie  Senator  grasped  a  poiider- 
oas  beam  that  he  had  jihiced  on  the  coach  in 
case  of  another  break-down.  Air.  Figgs  iiad  a 
razor  \vhi;h  he  liad  grabbed  from  tiie  store- 
house in  t!io  Djctor's  jiocket.  IJnttoiis  had 
iKitliing.  Uat  u!i  t'.ic  road  lay  three  Italians 
writhing. 

'•Hurrah  I"  cri  "1  Buttons.  '-Load  again, 
Djctor.  Come  ;  lot's  make  a  rush  and  get  the 
guns  of  tlioso  djvils  on  the  road." 

He  rushed  forward.  The  otiiers  all  at  his 
side.  Tiie  Italians  stool  iiaraly/.cd  at  tlie  ctVeet 
of  thc!  revolver.  As  IJattoiis  led  the  charge 
tlicy  tVIl  back  a  few  jiaees. 

"  llurrali  I  huirahl  iiin-rahl"  burst  from 
Dattons.  the  Setiator,  and  Dick,  as  each  snatcli- 
e  1  a  rille  from  the  ]a-ostrate  bandits,  and  lias- 
tily  tore  the  cartridge-boxes  fioni  them. 

"Load  ujil  load  up  I  Doitta-I"  cried  But- 
tons. 


■All    riglit,''    said 


Doctor, 


w  iio    never 


c'langed  in  liis  cool  sclf-|iossessiou. 

But  now  the  Italians  with  cin'scs  and  screams 
came  liaek  to  the  attack.  It  is  absolutely  stu- 
pefying to  think  liow  few  siiots  hit  the  mark  in 
tiie  excitement  of  a  fight.  Here  were  a  num- 
ber of  men  tiring  fmm  a  distance  of  hardly 
more  tiian  forty  paces,  and  not  one  took  effect. 

The  next  tnoment  the  whole  crowd  were 
n])on  tliem.  B\ittons  snatched  Air.  I'iggs's  ra- 
zor from  his  grasp  .-,nd  used  it  vigorously. 
Dick  plied  Ins  !)owie-kuit'e.  The  Senatca'  wielded 
a  cliilibcd  ritie  on  high  as  tiiough  it  were  a 
wand,  and  dealt  the  blows  of  a  giant  upon  the 
heads  of  his  assailants.  All  tlie  Italians  were 
liiiysically  their  inferiors— small,  lamy  men. 
Mr.  Figgs  made  a  wild  tl.ish  at  tlie  first  man  ho 
s.iwaud  seized  his  rille.     The  light  was  spirited. 

The  ras'.'ally  brigands  were  nearly  three  times 
a-i  numerous,  but  the  Americans  surpassed  them 
in  bodily  strength  and  sjiirit. 

Crasli — crash — fell  the  Senator's  rille,  and 
down  went  two  men.  His  strength  was  enor- 
mous—absorbed as  it  had  been  from  the  gran- 
ite dill's  of  the  old  CJranite  State.  Two  brawny 
fjllows  seized  him  t'rom  behind.  A  thrust  of  his 
elbow  laid  one  low.  Buttons  slashed  the  wrist 
of  the  other.  A  fellow  threw  himself  on  But- 
tons. Dick's  bowie-knife  laid  open  his  arm  and 
thigh.  The  next  moment  Dick  went  down  be- 
neath the  blows  of  several  Italians.  But  But- 
tons nisiied  with  his  razor  to  rescue  Dick. 
Three  men  glared  at  him  with  njiliftfi  weap- 
ons. Down  came  the  Senator's  clubbed  rille 
like  an  avalanche,  sweejiing  their  weapons  over 
the  cliff.  They  turned  simultaneously  on  the 
Senator,  and  grasjitd  hiia   in  a  threefold  cm- 


brace.  Buttons's  razor  again  drank  blood.  Two 
turned  n])(Mi  him.  Bang!  went  tlie  Doctor's 
pistol,  sending  one  of  them  shrieking  to  the 
),'i'oiind.  Bang!  once  more,  and  a  fellow  who 
bad  nearly  overpowered  the  breathless  Figgs 
staggered  back.  Dick  was  writhing  on  tiie 
ground  beneath  the  weight  of  a  ilead  man  and 
a  fellow  who  was  trying  to  sull'oeate  him.  But- 
tons  was  being  throttled  by  three  others  who 

'  held  him   jiowerless,  his    razor   being  broken. 

!  A  crack   on  Air.  Figgs's   head    laid  him    low. 

I  The  Doctor  stootl  off  at  a  little  di>taiue  hastily 

'  reloading. 

Tlie  Senatta*  alone  was  free;  but  six  fierce 
fellows  assailed  him.  It  was  now  as  in  tlie  old 
Homeric  days,  when  the  heroic  soul,  sustained 
by  iron  nerve  and  mighty  muscle,  came  out  par- 
ticularly strong  in  the  hour  of  conflict. 

I  Tlie  Senator's  form  towered  ii])  like  one  of 
his  own  granite  elill's  in  the  storm— as  rugged, 
as  nnconiiueraiile.  His  blood  was  up  I  The 
same   blood   it  was   tluit   coursed   through  the 

I  veins  of  Cromwell's  g; iin  old  "  Ironsides,"  and 
afterward  animated  tliosc  sturdy  backwoods- 
men who  had  planted  tliemsidves  in  American 

;  forests,  and  beaten  back  wild  beasts  and  howl- 

I  iiig  savages. 

I       Biittoiis,  jirostrate  on  the  ground,  looked  up, 

I  gasping   throai;li    the   smoke   and  dust,  as   ho 

:  struggled  witli  liis  assailants.      He  saw  the  Sen- 

!  ator,  his  hair  bristling  out  straight,  his  teetii  set, 
his  eye  on  fire,  Iiis  whole  expr(ssion  sublimed 
by  tlie  ardor  of  liattle.  His  clothes  were  torn 
to  shreds;  his  coat  was  gone,  his  bat  nowliere, 
his  liands  and  face  were  covered  witli  clots  of 
blood  and  streaks  from  mud,  dust,  smoke,  and 

j  powder. 

j      The  eye  of  r>Mttous  touk  in  all  tliis  in  one 

'  glance.  Tlie  next  instant,  witli  a  wide  sweej) 
of  his  t  Itilibed  rille  the  Senator  put  forth  all  his 
gigantic    strengtii    in    one    trememlous    eH'ort. 

j  The  shock  was  irresistible.  Down  went  the 
six  baiulits  as  though  a  cannon-ball  had  struck 

!  iliem.  The  Senator  leape<l  away  to  relievo 
Dick,  !uul  seizing   his   assailant   by  neck   and 

■  heel.  Hung  him  over  the  cliff.  Then  tearing 
away  aii'ither  from  Air.  Figgs's  prostrate  and 
almost    senseless    fiu'm,   he    rushed   back   upon 

^  the  six  men  wlioni  he  had  just  levelled  to  tlic 

'  earth. 

Dick  sjirang  to  the  relief  of  Buttons,  wlio  was 

'  at  his  la>t  extremity.     But  the  Doctor  was  lie- 

I  fore  him,  as  cool  as  ever.  He  grasped  one  fel- 
low by  the  throat — a  favorite  trick  of  the  Doc- 
tor's, in  which  his  anatomical  knowledge  cnmo 
very  finely  into  play : 

''Off I"  rang  the  Doctor's  voice. 
The  fellow  gas|)cd  a  curse.  The  next  in- 
stant a  roar  burst  through  the  air,  and  the 
wretch  fell  heavily  forward,  shot  through  tlia 
head,  while  his  brains  were  spattered  over  tlio 
face  of  Buttons.  The  Doctor  with  a  blow  of 
his  fist  sent  the  other  t'eliow  reeling  over. 

Buttons  sprang  \i]>  gasjiing.  The  Italians 
were  falling  back.  He  called  to  the  Senator. 
That   man   of  mi^ht   came  up.     Thank  God. 


1; 


04 


THE  DODGK  CLUI);  OK,  ITATA'  IX  .VD'.CCLIX. 


in*: 


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If        ■  ■! 
I 


^1 


tlicy  Avorc  all  ji'ive !     BruiscJ,  iiml  uoiin;i;:(l, 
ami  l)iintiii„' — imt  alive. 

'J'he  scuwliii)^  biiinlits  drew  ofi",  IciivitiR  seven 
of  their  iniiiilH-r  on  tlic  road  /lurs  d:  rowlni!. 
Home  of  tiio  retreatiii}^  ones  liad  been  liadly 
treatcil,  and  li;n]ii'd  r.nd  stagj^'cied.  Tlie  t'liib 
prcieeeded  to  Inad  llieir  lilies. 

The  Doctor  stci>|HHl  foiward.  Deliberately 
aiiiiin;^  lie  lired  his  revolver  five  times  in  rajiid 
siu'cession.  Before  he  had  time  to  loud  again 
the  bandits  had  darted  into  the  woods. 

'•Eveiy  one  of  thos3  bullets  hit,"  said  the 
Diietor  wiiii  unusual  e]ii]iliasis. 

'•We  must  (,'et  under  cover  at  oiiee,"  said 
Dick.      '•They'll  be  back  shortly  witli  others!" 

"  Then  we  must  fortify  our  jmsition,"  said 
the  Senator,  '•  and  wait  for  relief.  As  we  were, 
tliough,  it  was  lucky  they  tried  a  hand-to-hand 
(ii;ht  lirst.  This  hill  siielters  ns  on  one  sidi-. 
There  are  so  many  trees  that  they  can't  roll 
stones  down,  nor  can  they  shoot  ns.  AVe'll  fix 
a  barricade  in  front  with  our  bag^a^re.  We'll 
have  to  fight  behiiul  a  barricade  this  time; 
though,  by  the  Kternal !  I  wish  it  were  liaiid- 
to-hand  again,  for  I  don't  remember  of  ever 
having  had  such  a  glorious  time  in  all  mv  born 
days  !" 

The  Senator  passed  his  band  over  his  gory 
br.jw,  and  walked  to  the  coach. 

"Where's  I'h'tro'/" 

"I'ieiro!     J'idror 

No  answer. 

'•l'i-:;-ri;()!" 

Still  no  answer. 

•'  rietro!"   cried  Dick, 
lure  I'll  blow  vour — '' 


->- ^■^.^^vjss:^^ 


en  rifles,  with  cartridges,  and  some  other  useful 

articles.      Four  of  these  men  were  s'oiie-dcad. 

I  They  jnilled  their  bodies  in  front  <;f  tlicir  jhui' 

if  you  don't  come  ,  of  shelter,     'i'lie  w(juiuled   men   they  drew  iii- 

I  side,  and  the  Doctor  at  once  attended  to  them, 

trengiheiiiiig  the  barri- 


"  Oh  I   is  it  you,  Signori  ?"  excb.imed  Tie-  ;  while  the  others  were 
tro's  voice ;  and  that  worthy  aiijieared  among  \  cade, 
the  trees  a  little  way  up  the  hill.     He  was  dead- 
ly i>ale.  and  tremlded  so  much  that  he  could 
scarcidy  speak. 

"Look  here  1"  cried  Hnttons;   "we  are  go- 
ing to  b.irricade  o'arselvcs.'' 


"Barricade!'' 

"We  can  not  carry  oiu'  baggage  away,  and 
we  are  not  going  to  leave  it  behinil.  ^\'e  ex- 
pect to  have  another  battle." 

I'ietro's  face  grew  livid. 

"  You  can  stay  and  help  us  if  yon  wish." 

I'ietro's  teeth  ehattercil. 


"I  don't  like  ])utiing  these  here,'' said  iho 
Senator:  '-but  it'll  likily  frighten  the  brigands, 
or  mak(!  them  delicate  about  firing  at  us.  'J'hat's 
my  idee.'' 

The  hor.ses  were  secured  fast.  Then  theba;:- 
gage  was  jiiled  all  around,  and  made  an  ex- 
cellent barricade.  With  this  and  the  cai'tured 
rifles  they  felt  themselves  able  to  encounter  a 
small  regiment. 

'•Now  let  them  come  on."  cried  the  Senator, 
"just  as  soon  as  iliey  damn  ]dease  !  We'll  try 
lirst  the  Eiirdpean   svstcni  of  liarricadcs  :    and 


"Or  yon  can  help  us  far  more  by  running  to    if  that  don't  work,  tlien  we  can  fall  back  en  the 
the   nearest   town   and   letting   the   authoiities    real    originnl,  national,  jiatriotic,  inde]iendent, 


know. 

"Oh,  Signorc,  trust  me  !      I  go." 

"  Make  haste,  then,  or  you  may  find  ns  all 

murdered,  and  then  bow  will  vou  get  v(jiir  i'aies 

—eh';'" 

"  I  go — I  go  ;    I  will  run  all  the  way  !" 


manly,  native  American,  true-lilue,  and  alto- 
gether heroic  style !" 

'•  What  is  that  ?" 

The  Senator  looked  at  the  comjiany,  and 
held  out  his  clenched  fist : 

"Why,  from  behind  a    tree,  in    the  woods, 


■  Won't  yon  take  a  gun  to  defend  yourself     like  your  glorious  forefathers 


ith?" 


Oh  nc 


cried  I'iatro,  with  horror.      "  Ni 


no 


I" 


In  a  few  minutes  he  had  vanished  among  the 
thick  woods. 

After  strijijiing  the  prostrate  Italians  the 
travellers  found  themselves  in  jiosscssion  ofsev- 


l| 


TFir,  roDGE  CLUB;  oij,  ITAT"  TTT  :.ii;cc:l:x 


f).-") 


Tiir.  i)a:\:;i(;ai>;;. 


CHAl'TEU  XL. 

ri.E.\PANT  Mr.niTATIONS  AliOIT 'i  111:  WONHKU:;  OK 

T(>iiA(r();   AM)  Tiiiu:!-;  ri,KA?-ANr   am:(  hoies 

ItY  AN  ITAI-IAN  lilUClANI). 

A  ITLL  npipcc!  iit  the  branil.v-lliisk  rostnvcd 
iUrciiKth  and  fVusImoss  to  the  licleiiiruered  tr:iv- 
..■Ik'i-s,  who  iiDw,  iiitreiichod  lirhiiid  their  fortifi- 
r:itioiis,  awiiili'tl  uiiy  attack  wliirli  the  Italians 
..'.i.L'ht  fhoose  to  iiialic. 

"Tiie  /-talians,"  said  tlio  Senator,  "are  not 
;■  ]io\verfal  race.  l?y  no  means.  Feeliio  in 
!  iidy — no  muscle — no  bniwn.  Ahovc  all.  no 
v  m1  iiliirl:.  liuttons,  is  there  a  word  in  their 
i.injrnagc  that  e-sjiresses  the  exact  idee  ol jilnrL-.''' 

"No." 

"Or  qamc?" 

"No'." 

"  Or  even  s/niiik'i'" 

"  No." 

"I  ihoiifilit  not,"  said  tlic  Senatov,  calmly. 
"Tlicy  haven't  ilu'  /,/.(',  ami  can't  have  the 
word.  Now,  it  would  reipiire  a  rather  ccinsid- 
erahlo  crowd  to  demcdisli  us  at  the  jircscnt 
time." 

"How  Ions  will  wo  liavc  to  stay  here?" 
asked  Mr.  Figgs  ahriiptly. 

"iMy  dear  Sir,''  said  Buttons,  with  more 
s;;)ri,i;htlincss  than  ho  had  shown  tor  many  days, 
"be  thankt'id  that  yon  are  here  at  all.  We'll 
■r'.f.t  oil"  some  time  tothiy.  These  fellows  are 
watching  us,  and  the  moment  we  start  they'll 
fire  on  us.  We  would  be  a  good  mark  for  them 
in  the  coach.     No,  we  must  wait  awhile." 

Seated  upon  the  turf,  they  gav<'  themselves 
up  to  the  pleasing  inllucnce  that  lious  from  the 


pipe.  Is  iliere  any  thin/  crinal  to  it?  IIow 
did  the  anci<nts  contrive  to  while  away  tho 
time  witiiout  it?  Had  they  known  its  eifecth 
how  they  would  have  cherished  it  I  We  should 
now  he  gazing  ujjon  the  ruins  of  venerable  tem- 
ples, reared  hy  adoring  votaries  to  the  goddess 
Tahaca.  Ihiys  at  school  would  have  construed 
jtassagcs  about  her.  Lcmpriero,  Smith,  An- 
thon,  Drissler,  and  othcis  would  have  done 
honor  to  her.  Classic  mythology  would  h.-ivc 
been  full  of  her  jiresence.  01ym])ian  Jove 
would  have  been  prosetited  to  ns  with  this  di- 
vinity ns  his  constant  attendant,  and  a.  ninihus 
around  his  immortal  hrous  of  her  making.  Bac- 
chus would  have  had  a  rival,  a  sujierior  I 

I'oets  woidd  have  idlil  how  Taiiaca  went 
over  tho  world  girt  in  chinds  that  but  set  off 
the  more  her  sjilendid  radiance.  We  should 
have  known  how  much  Hacchus  had  to  do  with 
7ii  ]inK,\i'ia;  i\  chajitor  which  will  probably  be  a 
lost  one  in  the  History  of  Civilization.  Bat 
that  he  who  smokes  sliould  drink  beer  is  quite 
iiulis]utiable.  Whether  the  beer  is  to  be  X, 
XX,  XX.\;  or  whether  the  brewer's  name 
should  begin  with  an  A,  as  in  Alsojij),  ami  nm 
through  the  whole  nlphahef.  ending  with  V,  ns 
in  ^'assar,  may  be  fairly  left  to  individual  con- 
sideration. 

What  noble  poetry,  what  spirited  odes,  what 
eloquent  words,  has  not  the  world  lost  by  tho 
ignorance  of  Greek  and  lloman  toitching  this 
plant? 

The  above  remarks  were  ninde  by  Dick  on 
thia  occasion.  But  Buttons  was  talking  .vieli 
the  wo,.iiJ;\i  Italiaus. 


' 


■  i 


l'> 


!o  ■   I. 


1 1 


ii 


WluM'o  dill  von  leave  it  ?" 
"  Jn  the  licart  of  the  C>.jitiiin." 


tJ  Tli:.  1  OI  GE  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  LN  .MDCTCLIX. 

Tlij  Doctor  had  lioniul  up  tlicir  wounds  and  '      "  I  liavc  no  idea." 
Iliittcins  liml  favored  tlu-ni  witii  ii  drop  from  liis         "  You  would  never  j^uess.     Yuii  never  woulj 
tlasi^     ])iw;  eut  \\\>  some  toliaeco  and  tilled  a    have  thought  of  it  vour.-.elf.'' 
pipe  I'or  each.     After  all,  the  Italians  were  not 
liemls.       TIkv    ii:id    attacked    them    not    from 
inriliec,  hilt  purely  tVoiii  profe>sioind  motives. 

Y "t,  had  their  cneniies  heuu  Tedoselii,  no 
amount  of  atteiitiuii  would  iiavc  overcome  their 
sullen  hate.  Itut  hein;,'  iVinorieans.  gay,  easy, 
without  malice,  in  faet  kind  and  rather  a;^reea- 
hle,  they  softeneil,  yieUled  allo^'etlier,  ami  limd- 
)y  chatted  familiarly  with  IJiittous  aiul  iJiek. 
They  were  yoiiu^r.  not  worse  iu  a])]iearauco 
than  the  ninjority  of  men  ;  jierhajis  lujt  had  fel- 
lows in  their  soi  ial  relations ;  nt  any  rate, 
ratlur  inclined  to  be  joUv  ii 


CIIAl'TKU  XLI. 

riNAI.  ATT.\C1\  OI'  IU"I\F()K(nMi;NT>OF  I'.KKI.WDI. 

—  iiii:  iioix.i:  (  1,111  ni:i-ii:s  tiiicm  and  i;i:it.i.m 
tiii:m.— iu>\v  TO  MAKi:  A  iiAitnnAni:.  —  iiiA- 

TmiMZATloN  Of  A.Ml;lfI<AN  KAOI.i:  AM)  I.Al.l.H 

CvtcK. — 'riiL:i{i:'s  NoiiiiNd  t.ijvi:  i.i;Ariii;i:. 


cnmstanees.  They  were  quite  free  iu  their  ex- 
jiressiurs  of  admiraii(<ii  for  the  hravery  of  their 
laptors,  iiud  looked  wiih  awe  n]iou  the  Doctor's 
revolver,  which  was  the  first  they  had  ever  seen. 

In  fact,  the  younger  jirisoner  hecan;c  quite 
communicative.      Thus  : 

"1  was  born  in  ^'ellelri.  ]My  age  is  twenty- 
four  years.  I  h.avc  never  shed  blood  except 
three  times.  1'hc  first  time  was  iu  Xarui — odd 
]ilace,  Narni.     3Iy  emjiloyer  was  a  viue-dresser. 


"It  is  certainly  a  singid;;r  iiosition  I'or   rv. 
their  jiresent  cir-    American    citizen    to    he  ). laced    in,"  s:',id  the 


Senator.  ''To  c;,me  fiouj  a  cotton-mill  to 
such  a  regular  ont-aiul-out  )  ieco  of  (igl.ting  as 
this.  Yet  it  seems  to  me  that  fighting  comes 
natmal  to  the  American  blood.'' 

"They've  been  very  quiet  for  ever  so  long." 
said  Mr.  J'iggs  ;   "jierbaps  they've  gone  away." 

"i  don't  lelieve  liiey  have,  for  two  reasons. 
The  first  is,  they  are  Kjbbers,  and  Wiint  our 
money;  the  sccoiul,  they  are  Italians,  and 
want  revenge.     They  won't  let  ns  off  so  ciisilv 


The  season  was  dry;  the  brush  caught  tire,  I  after  the  drubbing  we  gave  them." 
don't  know  how,  tind  iu  live  minutes  a  third  of         Thus  Buttons,  and  the   others   rather   coin- 

the  vineyard  was  consumed  to  ashes.     My  em-  cided  in  his  fipinion.     For  several  miles  further 

jiloyer   came   cursing   and  raving   at    me,  and  on  the    road    ran    through  a   dangerous  place, 

swoie  he'd  make  me  work  for  him  till  I  made  where   men    might    link  in  ambush,  and    jMck 

good  tlie  loss.      l-^nrageil,  I  struck  him.      lie  them  off  like  s(j  numy  sni]ie.     They  rather  cn- 


seized  .in  axe.     1  drew  my  stiletto,  and  —  of 
course  I  had  to  run  awny. 

"The  second  time  was  in  Xaph's.  The  alt'air 
was  brought  about  by  a  woman.  .'•ignore, 
women  arc  at  the  bottom  of  most  crimes  that 
men  commit.  I  was  in  love  with  her.  A  frieuil 
of  mine  fell  in  love  with  her  too.  I  infnrm.'d 
him  that  if  he  intert'ered  with  me  1  would  kill 


joyed  11  good  fight,  but  did  not  care  about  be- 
ing regularly  shot  down.      So  they  waited. 

It  was  tiiice  iu  tlie  afternoon.  Fcarfidly 
hot,  too,  but  not  so  bad  as  it  might  have  been. 
High  trees  sheltered  them.  They  could  rumi- 
nate under  the  shade.  The  only  ditlicnlty  was 
the  want  of  food.  ^Vhat  can  a  garrison  do  tlia; 
is    ill   prc/viiled  with    eatables?      The  Doctor's 


liim.     I  t(dd  her  that  if  she  cncourai:cd  him  I    little  store  of  crackers  nnd  cheese  was  divided 


would  kill  him  and  her  too.  1  suppose  she  was 
piipuxl.  Women  will  get  ]ii(pied  sometimes. 
At  any  rate  she  gave  him  marked  encourage- 
ment. I  scoUled  and  threatened.  Xo  use. 
She  tcdd  me  she  was  tired  of  me  :  that  1  was 
too  tyrannical.  In  fact,  she  dared  to  turn  me 
ort'  and  take  the  <.ther  fellow.  Matf'o  was  a 
good  fellow.  I  was  sorry  t'or  hiai,  but  I  had  to 
kec]i  my  word, 


and  eaten.  A  basket  of  figs  and  oranges  f(,I- 
lowed.      Still  they  were  limigry. 

"Well,"  saitl  Dick,  "there's  one  thiiig  we 
can  do  if  the  worst  comes  to  the  worst." 

"  What's  that'r' 

"(io  through  the  forest  in  Indian  file  back 
to  rerugia." 

'•That's  all  very  well,"  said  the  Senator, 
stubbornly,  "  but  we're  not  going  ba(  k.     Xo, 


The  third  time  was  otdy  a  mmith  ago.     I     Sir,  not  a  step!'' 
robbed  a  Freuchnmn,  out  of  )iare  iiatriotisin —  ;       '•  I'm  tired  of  this,"  said  Buttons,  im])atienily. 
the  French,  yon  know,  are  om-  o])]jressors — and    "I'll  go  out  ns  .'•cout.'' 
kejit  what  1  found  al)oat  bim  to  reward  mc  for         "I'll  go  too,''  said  Dick. 


my  gallant  act.  The  Ciovernmcnt.  however, 
did  not  look  upon  it  iu  a  ]irop(M'  light.  They 
sent  out  a  detachment  to  arrest  me.  I  was 
caught,  and  by  good  fortune  brought  to  an  inn. 
At  night  I  was  bound  tightly  and  shut  up  in 
the  same  room  with  the  soldiers.  The  inn- 
keeper's  daughter,  a  friend  of  nunc,  came   in 


"Don't  go  far,  lioys,"  said  the  Senator,  iu 
the  tone  of  an  anxious  failu'i'. 

"  Xo,  not  very.  That  hill  yonder  will  be  a 
good  lookout  ])lacc.'' 

'•  Yes,  if  y(ui  are  not  seen  yourselves." 

"We'll  risk  that.  If  wo  see  any  signs  of 
these  scoundrels,  and  find  that  they  sec  ns,  wc 


for  .something,  and  by  mere  chance  dropjied  a    will  fire  to  let  you  know.      If  we  remain  undis- 
knife  behind  me.      I  got  it,  cut  my  cords,  and    covered  we  will  come  back  (|uielly." 
when  they  were  all  aslecji  I  dejiarted.      Before         "  Very  well.     But  I  don't  like  to  let  you  go 
going  I  left  the  knife  behind;  and  where  now,    ofl'alone,  my  boys ;  it's  too  much  of  an  exi'osufc." 
Signorc,  do  you  think  I  left  it'i"'  i       "Xonsense." 


THE  DODGE  CLUB;  Oil,  ITALY  IX  .MDCTC  IJX. 


'  woulj 


mill 


"  I  I'.i'.vo  :i  ;.'roat  iiiiiul  to  fru  toci." 

"  \(),  IK),  Vim  liinl  bc'tiLT  stMV  to  lioM  fiiir 
]  hioo  of  retiviit.      Wc"ll  come  li:icU,  y(jii  know.' 

"  Very  wfil,  then." 

Tlio  .Senator  sat  liiins;-ll"  ilown  M;.'ain.  an^I 
niittons  anil  Diek  vanislieil  unions;  llie  irce<. 
iVn  lioiir  jLissod  ;  the  tlireo  in  t!ic  liarrieiuK"  ln'- 
KHU  to  t'oel  uneasy ;  the  prisou'jrs  were  iislee|i 
.i'.mI  snoring. 

••  Ilan^;  it,''  cried  the  Sc:iatiii-,  "  I  ui>h  I  ha.l 
':on3  with  tlieni  1" 

'•Never  fear,"  said  the  Doctor,  "  th.oy  are 
too  ninilile  to  be  ciin;,'ht  just  yet.  If  they  ha. I 
been  canj^ht  you'd  liavo  heard  a  little  ririn;.'.'' 

At  that  very  moment  the  loud  repoit  of  ii 
rif.t!  liiir-t  thron;:h  tiic  air,  followed  \<y  a  sec- 
ond ;  njion  whicli  a  whole  volley  jicjured  out. 
The  three  started  to  ihcir  feet. 

"  They  are  fnnnd  I"  crieil  the  Senator.  "  It's 
ahont  a  mile  away.     lie  ready  I" 

^Ir.  Fit:;;s  had  two  rilles  l>y  his  side,  and  sat 
looking  at  the  distance  wiili  knitted  lirows. 
lie  had  received  soni;3  terrific  hrnises  in  the 
late  ineh'e,  hut  was  prepared  to  li-ht  till  he 
died.  He  had  said  hut  littlj  tIirouj.'h  the  day. 
He  was  uot  talkaiive.  His  coura;;e  was  of  a 
([uict  order.  He  felt  the  solemnity  of  the  oc- 
casion. It  was  a  little  dill'ercnt  from  sitting;  at 
t!ie  head  of  a  Board  of  hank  directors,  or  sliav- 
iu;,'  notes  in  a  ]irixato  oHice.  .Vt  tlie  end  of 
iliotit  ten  minutes  tliere  was  a  t'raekliu}:  aiunui; 
'he  hushes.  JJuitons  and  I)i''k  came  tam'uliuj; 
'iown  into  tlic  road. 

"  Get  reailv  !      Quick  !      Tliev'rj  livre  !  ' 

"Allreadv." 

"All  loaded?" 

'■Yes." 

"  \Ve  saw  them  away  dnwn  the  road,  lu'liind 
a  grove  of  trees.  We  couldn't  resist,  and  so 
tired  at  them.  The  whole  hand  leajied  iiji 
ravinj,',  and  saw  its,  and  fn-ed.  They  tlien  set 
I  IF  11])  the  road  to  this  place,  thinkint;  that  we 
are  divided.     They're  only  a  f^w  rods  away.  ' 

"  How  many  are  there  of  them  '('' 

"  Fourteen." 

"  They  must  have  jjot  some  more.  Tliere 
were  only  ten  ablj-bodicd,  tinwounded  nun 
wlien  they  left." 

*'  Less,"  said  the  Doctor  ;   "  mv  pistol — "' 

"Il'st!" 

At  this  moment  they  heard  the  noise  of  fiot- 
steps.  A  hand  of  armed  men  came  in  si;.;ht. 
Haltini»  cautiously,  they  examined  the  ii.irri- 
eade.  Bang!  It  was  the  Doctor's  revolver. 
Down  went  one  fellow,  yelling.  The  rest  were 
frantic.  Like  fools,  they  made  a  rush  at  the 
harricade. 

Bang  I  a  second  shot,  another  woniuled.  A 
ToUey  was  the  answer.  Like  fools,  the  brigands 
fired  against  the  barricade.  No  damage  was 
done.     The  barricade  was  too  strong. 

Tho  answer  to  this  was  a  withering  volley 
from  the  Americans.  The  bandits  reeled,  stng- 
il'-Ted,  fell  back,  shrieking,  groaning,  and  curs- 
ing. Two  men  lay  dead  on  the  road.  The 
others  took  refuge  in  tho  woods. 


Imu'  two  hours  an  iiicess;\nt  fire  v.r.r.  kcj't  up 
bjtween  the  b.iudiis  in  the  woo 's  at;  1  the 
,\mericans  in  their  retreat.  No  daniag'  was 
(lone  on  cither  side. 


'•Those  t'e!lo"s  trv  so  hard  tl 


lev  ;'.!:!ii) 


(1.-. 


serve  to  lick  us,"  said  the  Senator  di'}ly. 

Siidileiily  there  came  t'rom  afar  the  pie..ing 
blast  of  a  trumpet. 

••  llaik  I"  cried  Buttons. 

Again. 

A  cavalry  trnmiiet  I 

'•They  arc  horst'men  1"  cried  Dick,  who  was 

bidding  his  ear  to  t!ie  ground  ;  and  then  added  : 

.  "'Irrmji' /<' w/ii'.Tii(i(.j(' ('//.'OJ /\T('T'»;  n'rara   ia'/'/ii." 

"  Hey  ?"  cried  the  Senator  ;  "  \vater barley  'f'' 

Again  the  sound.  A  djad  silence.  All  list- 
ening. 

And  niiw  the  tramp  of  horses  was  ]daiiily 
heard.  The  iiiing  hail  ceased  altogether  since 
the  lirst  blast  of  the  trumj'et.  The  bandits  ills' 
apjicared.  The  horsemen  drew  nearer,  and 
were  evidently  quite  nnmeioiis.  At  last  they 
burst  upon  the  scene,  and  tlie  little  garrison 
greeted  them  wiih  a  wild  limTiih.  They  were 
French  dragnnus,  about  thirty  in  number. 
I'rominont  anwing  them  was  I'ielro,  who  at 
first  stared  wildly  around,  and  then,  seeing  the 
Americans,  gave  a  cry  of  joy. 

The  travellers  now  came  out  into  the  road, 
and  iiuiek  and  hurried  grcotin^s  were  inier- 
eliangeil.  Th>'  coininauder  of  the  trooj),  learn- 
ing tiiat  the  bandits  had  just  let'r,  sent  otV  two- 
tliirds  of  his  nien  in  imrsuit,  auvl  remained  with 
the  rest  behind. 

I'ictro  litid  a  lung  story  to  tell  of  his  own  dr- 
ings.  He  had  wandered  through  the  forest  ;i:l 
he  came  to  reriigia.  The  cmiiniandaut  th  no 
listened  to  his  storv,  l)Ut  dcelined  sending  any 
of  his  men  to  the  assistance  of  the  travclleis. 
I'ietro  was  in  despair.  Fortunately  a  small 
detachment  of  French  cavalry  had  just  arrived 
at  I'crugia  on  their  way  to  Koine,  and  the  cap- 
tain was  more  merciful.  The  gallant  fellow  :',t 
once  set  out,  and.  led  by  Pictro,  arrived  at  the 
place  most  opiiortnnely. 

It  did  not  take  long  to  get  the  coach  ready 
again.     One   horse  ;vas  found  to  be   so  badly 
wounded  that  it  had  to  be  killed.      The  others 
were  slightly  hurt.      The  baggage  and  trunks 
were   riddled  with    bullets.     These  were  once 
more   jiiled   up.  the  wounded  jiiisoners  ]daeed 
inside,  and  the  travellers,  not  being  able  to  get 
in  all  together,  took  turns  in  walking. 
I      At  the  next  town  the  jirisoners  were  deliv- 
[  ered  up  to  the  authorities.     The  travellers  cel- 
ebrated  their   victory  by  a  grand    bani|uet,  to 
which  they  invited  the  French  olliccr  and  the 
soldiers,  who  came  on  with  them  to  this  town. 
L'proar  jirevailed.     The  Ficnchmen  were  ex- 
.  uberant  in  compliments  to  the  gallantry  of  tlieir 
cntcrtniners.      Toasts  followed. 
[       "The  Kmperor  and  I'rcsideiit !'' 

"  America  and  France  I" 
,       "  Tricolor  and  stars  1'' 

"The  two  countries  intertwined  I" 
I       "  A  song,  Dick  1"  cried  tho  Senator,  who  al- 


03 


III   11 


I'i 


I'  ■t 


'.I 


Tin;  l;()I)GK  CLUH;  or.  ITALY  IX  MDCCLIX. 


;fflSKiiK 


Dick 


AN    INTKl'.NATl 


NAi.  amah:. 


ivnys   liked   to    1 

IllDllCSt. 

"  Strike  ii]i:" 

•' Vv'hat?" 

"  The  '  Scoodoa  iiliscodk  I'  "  ciicil  Mr  Figf;*!. 

"Nd:    '  Tiie  ()1<1  Cow!'"  cried  Iliittcms. 

'"Tiie  Pi},'  liy  the  J5aiiks  ut'  iliu  Kiver!'" 
said  tlic  Dortor. 

"  Diek,  don't."  said  the  Senator.  "  I'll  tell 
you  an  aiiji-oiiriate  son^r.  These  Frenclmien 
liidieve  in  France,  ^Ve  helieve  in  America. 
i;:icl)  one  thinks  there  is  nothing  like  Leather. 
fins  '  Leather,'  then.'' 

Fii:<;s.  \ 

P.iTToNs.  '.  "  Yc^,  'Leatlier  :'  •' 

Till-;  DocTon.  ) 

"  Then  let  it  be  '  Leather.'  "  sai<l  Dick  ;  and 
he  struck  up  the  followinji  rwhich  may  not  l.e 
olitained  of  any  of  the  music  ]iuhlii>liersj,  to  a 
\ery  ji.'cniiar  time  : 

I. 

"  Morrnry  !  I'  ilrm  I'f  m  Imly, 

I'lillii'i'  (if  Ma  i"  mill  l.niii, 
'lliiiio  .vii.1  tlic  -kill  tliMi  invi  nttd 

Mii«ic'rf  liHriimninni  clii.ril. 
Swci't  won'  llii:  snini'l."  lli;it  .'inwr, 

S'vo.tly  thiv  lil.'iiclcl  tcM,-aliir; 
TliMs  ill  tin;  rp'-i  "f  "111, 

Music  aro.-o  out  of— I.rATiir.al 

1  riiU  Clmviii  hii  nil  till-  Ci»}ipiinii.'\ 

"Tliiii  I.t'alliorI  fill'.;  1.1'MtIiov!   my  TkLs  ! 
.\Ii'iciiry  !   MiisiPlI  uml  l.catliir.  1! 
Of  nil  llic  tliin;;'  uiiili'i-  ih  '  r\v\. 

Iliinali  I  tlKru  U  iio:lii:i:-,'  like  Leatlu  r  '. 

[Vxtm  CIir,;vf>,descrij)!ive  of  a  Cobbler  havivicrini)  on 
"  'i'lirii  Hill)  n  (lull,  i!iibl 

laji  II  itiiii,  iiiiiii ! 

l;.;b  11  dill',  Jiiljl  I  !  D.nv  we! 


11. 


['■/.■ii;l'.i  ' 


■liit'M, 
iliur; 


/tc'C/ 


■ 'iV'iv  i<  11  wonilorfiil  i^cli'iirp, 

Mmi'i  whs  it."  initriin,  I'm  Inlil, 
III  H-  I'.j.l  III'  n-i'il  to  iH'ciinti'o 

.\:nii('-i  ill  liiilllc-i  iifol'l  ';■ 
V  ith  rii-niii',  mill  Willi  sliii'.-.  mil  wirli 

With  liuH--;-iriiit;  lUi'l  ll^u,•l^llllalt•  l"^t 
Tim-',  in  llir  utrc's  if  iilil, 

Wi.r  wa.-!  1  i;;iiii  imt  uf— I.rATin.n  I 

•  T!ip:i  I.ratlici  !  .-ill','  Liiitlcr,  my  In!- 
M.irs  1111.1  his  wri'poiis  111' I.iiiIIiit! 
Of  nil  till'  tiiiiii;:'  iimiiT  thi'  si::i, 
llurniii!  tlit'ie  i.-i  iintliiiig  like  Lea 


"  Kuli  a  I'lih,  i^iili  I 
Kiih  a  i!tih,.liil'!  ! 
lliih  a  (lull,  (liih; !  1  .-ay  we! 


11  r. 

''  I.ovi>  U  a  ])l("i-^iii;_'  cnicti'in. 

All  (if  11-  kiimv  it  liy  lica'l ; 
^VIll•ll('(',  can  y.'ii  till  iii'',  iiri.-i8 

Luvt'.-"  merpoHci'iii^r  siiiavl  ? 
Tiiiin-il  with  mi  adaniant  hiirh, 

(iriic.'fiilly  tiiflcil  w  itii  fiatlicr, 
Love's  irr.sistihle  iliirt, 

Coiiiei^  iVuiii  a  i|iiivi  r  uf — I.KATiir.nl 

[Ckir.tifA 

'•Then  Leather!  siirj;  Leather,  my  hu!- ! 

Darts;  anil  I)istiacii"ii  !!  and  Leatlicrl  1 1 
Of  nil  the  thiii'.'s  iiiidcr  the  fiiii, 
lliin-alil  then'  is  injhiiig  like  Leather! 

lEx'ra  Chorva.^ 

'*  Huh  n  I'u'i,  diih! 
Huh  adiih,  diih!! 
Huh  a  (liih,  dub;  '.  !  miy  we! 


IV. 

'  OraiovH  wrote  oat  their  ppcccbc«, 
Poets  their  verses  ii cited, 
Statesmen  promiilfiated  edicts, 
SaiTis  their  iiia.xiiiis  iuditeJ. 


**»-•*«. 


Tin:  DOlun:  tLUII;  OU,  ITALY  in  .MDi  (  CIJ\'. 


I  0 


•\-^ 


■:if^ 


^ 


r.ir.'::M  :i',  my  lii'l-',  win  tlic  iirllcio 
.M;  ii-iil  t"  wriii'  11 1  1. 1;  ■ihiT  ; 

T.in-  :lic  l;i'|iiililic  "I  l.i'lt.'irt 
^ll:•:lll^•  into  lilu  uiil  nl— l.i:.\T.ii  :t. 

in.onis.  I 

••'I'lii'li  I,i"itli 'I'l  ciiit- I.oiilliiT,  iry  In.N! 
rni'tiy  1   S'ifiic'r  .  I  iili'l  l.i'illuM  1  ; ! 
(tl'ii'.l  Mil'  lliinu'''  iiii'lrr  till'  ri'ii, 
lliiniili  I  tliir  ■  U  iiutlilii:^  UVj  Lcdllwr 

[.'.U'.'c.l  (.',',(.(■»-.  1 

"  Kill)  II  iliili,  iliili ! 
liiili  II  'liil',iliil>:! 
lliilj  a  (lull,  dull!  I  I  i-i'.y  wt!'" 


ciiArrini  xlii. 

i!.o:;:Ncn.— nr.si'i'UATioN  ok  di'ttons,  or  Mu. 

rilitiS,  AM)  Of  TIM-:    Dot  Toil. 

Fi.oitr.Nci:,  Tin;  Faip.I — Ciu-tiiiiily  it  is  tlic 
f'.iire.-t  of  litiis.  IJcaiiiifiil  for  sitiuitinn  ;  tliu 
j  ly  of  iliu  w\u<\a  oai'lli  I  It  lias  iv  liuaiity  that 
(.TOWS  tiiioii  tliu  licart.  Tlio  Anio  is  tiic  sweet- 
est of  rivers,  its  valley  the  hjveliest  of  vales; 
luxuriant  meadows;  rich  viiieyaiils ;  {proves  of 
olive,  of  orauj,'!',  ami  of  eliestiiiit;  forests  of  ey- 
liress;  loii;^  lines  of  mulberry  ;   the  dark  iiurple 


cncc  iiloiie  can  win  ciKlnriii};  lovo.  It  is  <.ii  ■ 
I  of  llio  very  few  wliieli  a  man  eaii  select  as  a  ]ior- 
'  nianciit  honie,  and  never  ri'iieiit  of  his  (leeisiu;i. 
Ill  fact,  it  is  jiriihalily  tlu;  only  city  on  oanli 
wiiicli  u  stiiinnir  can  live  in  and  make  for  liim- 
self  a  true  home,  .so  pleasant  as  to  make  debiie 
tor  any  other  simjily  iiii]iossilile. 

In  I'loreiico  I  here  is  a  lar/^e  Kn;;lisli  i;(i|iiila- 
tion,  drawn  there  by  two  ]iowerl'iil  atlractioi.s. 
The  first  is  the  heaiity  of  the  jlace,  with  its 
healthy  climate,  its  unrivalled  collections  of  air, 
and  its  connection  with  the  world  at  lar^'e. 
The  second  is  the  aslonishinK  chea|iiicss  (jf  liv- 
ing, thoii^'h,  alas!  this  is  ;;reatly  chan;,'eil  from 
former  times,  since  Florence  has  liecomo  the 
caiiital  of  Italy.  Formerly  ii  jialact!  could  be 
rented  for  a  tiille,  tioojis  of  servants  for  another 
trille,  and  the  table  conhl  be  furnished  from 
day  to  day  with  rarities  and  ilelieacies  imiiinicr- 
ablo  for  another  tritlc  It  is,  therefore,  a  para- 
dise for  the  res|i('ci:ilile  pnor,  the  needy  nieti  (  f 
intelliL'eiice,  and  iKrhaps  it  may  b-;  added,  fur 
the  shabby  ;;('ntecl.  There  is  r.  f^lorious  coti- 
;,'ref:atioii  cf  dilettante,  literati,  savan  - ;  a  bless- 


of  the  dist.int  Apennines;   inniinieralile  wiiite  ed    brotherhood   of  artisis   and   authors;  here 

villas  jiocping  tliroujili  the  .siirrotindinK  Rvoves  ;  f;ather   |ioIitical   iiliilosujihers   of  every  grade, 

the  mysterious  haze  <if  the  sunset,  which  throws  It  was  all  this  even  mider  the  (iraiid  l)id;e  if 

a  Sdt'.er  charm  over  the  scene  ;   th.;  nKi.'iiiiliecnt  r-freshiii;,'  memory;    lieical'ter    it   will    l.o  the 

caitle  ;  the  lin;'  horses;  the   bewitching;  girls,  same,  only,  jierhaps,  a  liitle  more  so,  under  the 

with    their   broad    hats  of  Tuscan   straw;    the  new  iullucu'i'S  whi.li  it  shall  acipiire  and  exert 

city   itself,  with    its  gloomy  obi   palaces,  inm-  as  the  inctro|  olis  of  a  ^reat  kin;;doni. 

;:rated  and   inassivo  walled,  from  the  (incieiit  'I'he  Fhai  n;iues  are  the  most  jiolished  ]ieopln 

holds  of  street-lighting  nobles,  long  since  pa.ssed  under  ilie  sun.      '1  he  Parisians  claim  this  proud 

away,  to   tha  sjvere   Ktruscan   majesty  of  the  )  re-eiuineiiie,  but   it  can    not  be    maintained. 

I'ltli  I'alace ;  behold  Florence  I  Amid  tiie  brilliancies  of  Parisian  life  there  aris 

It  is  the  aliode  of  peace,  gentleness,  and  l.ili'l-  feart'ul  memories   crf  bloody  revolutions,  brut;il 

!y  pleasure  (or  at  any  rate  it  was  so  when  the  lights,  and    blowd-thirsty   crueltii's.      No    suc!i 

Club  was  there).      I'-very  stone  in  its  jiavemeut  events  as  these  mar  the  fair  ]ia;_es  of  later  Flor- 

I:  is  ;;  cliaiiii.      Otlier  ciiies  ine.y  pljase ;   Flor-  eiitiue   history.      lu   fact,  t!;e   forlicarance  ai.d 


»t^»»^=¥r 

^-;-:'C'- 

^   J&K 

rJk-^ 

__^L;.-r-TP 

l-LOEUNCE,  rr.OM  SAN  MISIATO. 


'HI  ^1 


IW) 


TiiK  DDiM.i;  ci.rn;  on,  itai.v  in  mdccci.ix. 


HI 


I 


!  !  I 


"       1 


1 


!  '! 


;.( iitK'iii'ss  (if  ill'  i>>n],l;'  iMV"  111' 'I)  ]i';-!iiiiis  to  'llic  ]ici.].K'  Inve  til  !-triiIl  nw:;_v  ll:c  prcr.tcr  j'itit 

their  ilis;i(lvam!ii.a'.      LiTr    in  Flur 'lu-i;    is  juy.  (if  tl.uir  luiM'V  (!ii\s.     'i'liey  loiic-r  nioiiinl  il;e 

Tlio  si'iiMitiiiii  (if  livin;;  i-  dfit-clf  a  I'loasiiro.  turners  rn'  luulci'  ilic  iinrticciCs  pitjiciiiij;  iv'ws 

LilV   ill   that   (K-hcinns   iitino.-iihc  re  lie'fdiiies  !i  iuul  ivtailin};  the  saiup.      lliiii(l-i)i'):ai;s  tiix' (.'cn- 

l.iyiuT  statu  I  i'  l/riii;_'.      It  is  lh(;  jiropfr  hnim!  i-T.-.llv  (.liscoiiiiti-'iiancfd.      Iia|  jiv  ciiv  I 
for  jiocts  ami  avii>ts.     'J'iin.-o  whii  invtuiul  lliat         Vi'hon  it  is  tern  hdt  in  tlie  sH'ccts  ilicre  is  il.;.' 

there  is  liny  thin.,'  in  Amcricii  cunal  to  l-loi-  vast  caihfth-al — II  l);;(inio— dim,  sliadrwy,  iisa;:. 

(iicc,  cither  in    fliniato,   lanilscapi.',  (ir   atnios-  iiiliccnf,  i;s   {.-itrantic  dmiic    snriia.ssfd  (mly  hy 

jilicro,  lire;  sinijily  iininhn^'s.      I'lnrciicL'  isiini;nL\  tlmt  (,'f  ^t.  IVlcr's.      And  yet  in  tlic  twilijrlit  (.t' 

ll  is  tiio  (inly  Athens  df  the  modern  wurid.  this  sacred  inlerior,  where  there  dwells  so  mneh 

The   streets  aro   cdol   ami  deli,:;litfiil.     Tiie  df  the  mysterious  jiloom  only  found  in  the  (iiiihie 

prcat  high  liou.-es  Keep  ilVtliC  rays  (jf  tl;e  sun.  cathedisils  ul' the  r.o'.th,  many  llnd  greater  ^le- 


Tiir-  DoDci:  cT.rn:  (-i;,  itai.y  p:  mpc;  (  i.ix. 


101 


■l.i;.  i.l  '■ii  I 


li,'lit  tli.in  in  nil  tlie  (1:i;v,liiit^ 
siiluiniov,  the  |Mmi]).  aiul  '/<>ry, 
!i:ul  iiKiji'sty  of  till!  Uoimiii  tiMii- 
jilo.  IJcsiilo  it  vises  the  Cani- 
]i:inib,  as  fair  as  a  drcaiii,  a'hl 
in  app-'araticc  almost  as  im- 
Fiilist;;iiiial.  Not  far  oli'  is  the 
]>a]iti^tery,  with  its  {.'ates  of 
bi'on/. ' — ail  assomlila.^e  of  j;lory 
niiic'li  iiiij;ht  well  siillico  (ir 
one  city. 

AiMimil  the  li.iz/.x  that  in- 
closes these  saereil  liuiKliii^s 
they  >ell  the  liest  roasted  chi'st- 
iints  in  the  worKl.  Is  it  any 
v.'onler  that  Florence  is  so  at- 
tractive ? 

Tiie  Dodi^e  Clnh  obtained 
farnisiiod  apartments  in  a  fnia 
l.irf,'j  hotcd  tiiit  looked  out  on 
the  I'onte  d.dla  Trinita  and  on 
l!ic  Arno.  I'cneath  was  the 
]irinci;ial  iiroin^nade  in  the 
city.  It  was  a  hij^hly  agree- 
ahle  residence. 

No  sooner  had  they  arrived 
than  IJattons  set  out  in  search 
of  the  S|ianiar,ls.  Three  days 
had  liL'en  lost  on  the  road.  He 
was  half  afraid  that  those  three 
days  had  lost  him  the  Span- 
iards altogether.  Three  days ! 
It  was  possible  that  they  had 
seen  Florence  in  that  time  Tiid 
had  already  left.  The  thought 
of  this  made  ISiutons  fed  ex- 
vrcniidy  ncrvoas.  lie  spent  the 
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Iiotols  in  tlic  city.  The  second  in  scnrdiins 
tlii'OMf:li  :!s  ninny  of  tlie  lodRinK-Iioiisos  iis  wero 
likuly  to  iiu  clioscn  by  the  SiiMniards.  Tlie  tliinl 
lie  sjient  in  ineandfrin;;  discoiisoliitely  througli 
the  cnfJs.  Still  there  were  no  sit;ns  of  thcin. 
Upon  tiiis  Hiutoiis  fell  into  a  iirofound  melan- 
choly. In  fact  it  was  a  ver}-  hard  case.  Tliera 
seemed  nothing  left,  for  him  to  do.  How  coul 
lie  find  them  out? 

Dick  noticed  the  disqnietndo  of  his  friend, 
and  symiMthizod  witii  him  deei)ly.  So  he  lent 
his  aid  and  searched  tliron;.di  the  city  as  indiis- 
trionsly  as  ]iossihIe.  Yet  in  sjiite  of  every  ef- 
fort their  arduons  Liliors  were  defeated.  So 
Buttons  became  hojielcss. 

The  Senator,  however,  had  met  with  fri.mds. 
The  American  Minister  at  Turin  hai)])enod  at 
that  time  to  be  in  Ulorenco.  Ilim  the  Senator 
recollected  as  an  old  ac(|naintance,  and  also  as 
a  tried  companion  in  arms  throuj;h  many  a  jio- 
liiical  canipai;.'!!.  The  Minister  iec(  iv  d  I  iin 
with  the  most  exidxn'ant  delight.  1  )inner,  uiuc. 
feast  of  reason,  flow  of  soul,  interchange  oflaiest 
news,  stories  of  recent  ndvcntnres  on  both  sides, 
laughter,  coniiiliments,  si)ecuhii!  )ns  on  future 
party  iirospccts,  \v.?.'\q  th'„  hours  of  an  entire 


afternoon  fly  like  lightning.     Tlie  American  l'a« 
gle  was  never  more  convivial. 

The  .Minister  would  not  let  him  go.  lie 
made  him  put  up  at  his  hotel.  Ho  had  the 
ciiliic.  into  the  highest  Florentine  societv.  He 
would  introduce  the  Senator  evcr_\  where".  The 
Senator  would  have  an  oi)]iortunity  of  seeing 
Italian  manners  and  customs  such  as  was  verv 
rarely  enjoyed.  The  Senator  was  delighted  at 
the  idea. 

But  .Mr.  riggs  and  the  Doctor  be;nn  to  shew 

signs  of  weariness.      The  former  walked  with 

Diik  througli  the  Boboli  gardens  and  conlicUd 

all  his  soul  to  his  young  friend.      AVliat  was  the 

use  of  an  elderly  man  like  him  ])ntting  himself 

to  so  niueli  trouble  ?     He  had  seen  enough  1  f 

Italy.     He  didn't  want  to  sec  any  more.     He 

would  much  rather  be  .safe  at  hoine.     Besides, 

the  members  ul'  the  Club  were  all  going  down 

I  the  IjKJud  road  that  leadeth  to  ruin.     Buttons 

i  w:is  infatuated    about    those  Sjianiards.       1'ho 

Deelor  thought  that  lie  (Dick)  was  involved  in 

sonic   mysterious   r.il'air  of  a   similar   nature. 

LnsllA',  the  Senator  was  making  a  plunge  into 

j  s(  ciely.     It  was  loo  much.     The  ride  over  the 

:  Apennines  to  Bologna  might  be  interesting  for 

two   young  fellows  like  him  ard  I!uttons,  but 

was  unlit  for  an  elderly  ]erscii.      Moreover,  he 

'  didn't  care  about  going  to  the  seat  of  war.      Ho 

,  ii.id  seen  enough  of  fighting.     In  sl.ort,  he  and 

the  Doctor  had  made  n]i  tluir  minds  to  go  back 

to  Paris  !•/<(  Leghorn  and  jMaiseilles. 

Dick  remonstiated,  exiostuhucd,  coa.xcd. 
But  Mr.  Fig^s  was  iiifle.\ible. 


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THE  SUN'ATOU  EN"TI{  VI'l'KD.  —  TIIR  WII.ES  AND 
WITCIIICUV  OF  A  QIEEN  OF  f<OCIETy. — HIS 
FATE  DESTINED  TO  HE,  AS  HE  THINKS,  ITAL- 
IAN COLNTESSES.  —  SENTIMENTAL  CON  VEItSA- 
TION.  —  I'OETKV.  —  UEAITV.  —  MUONLIOUT.  — 
llAl'TVItE.  — DISTUACTION.— liLISS  ! 

Till:  l)IaiulislimeiUs  of  Florentine  society 
mi^ilit  liiivc  lull  cii|)tive  a  sterner  soul  tluiii  that 
of  the  Senator.  Wiietlier  ho  \vishe<l  it  or  not. 
lie  was  overcome.  His  frieml,  the  Minister, 
took  him  to  the  house;:  of  the  loaders  of  society, 
and  introduced  liim  as  an  eminent  American 
statesman  and  mjinher  of  tiio  Senate. 

Could  any  reeoniniendatiun  he  c(|nal  to  that  ? 
For,  be  it  rememhered,  it  was  the  Uevoliilionary 
time.  Kejiubliianism  ran  high.  America  was 
synonymous  with  the  Promised  Land.  To  he  a 
statesman  in  America  was  as  great  a  dignity  as 
to  he  prince  in  any  em])ire  on  earth.  IJcsi  les, 
it  was  infinitely  more  honored,  for  it  was  jiopu- 
hir.  The  eyes  of  the  struirKl'iifl  i>eo|ile  were 
tu;;:ed  to  that  eonntry  which  showed  them  an 
exain]ile  of  repnlilican  freedom. 

So  if  the  Florentines  received  the  Senator 
with  honndlcsi  hospitality,  it  was  hccanse  tiicy 
admired  his  country,  and  reverenced  his  difrniiy. 
They  liked  to  consider  the  presence  of  the 
American  Minister  and  Senator  as  an  exinvs- 
siiui  of  the  pood-will  of  the  American  Ciovern- 
inent.  They  looked  u)ion  him  diplomatically. 
All  that  ho  said  was  listoicd  to  with  the  deep- 
est res]>ect,  which  was  none  the  less  when  they 
did  not  comprehend  n  word.  His  pithy  sen- 
tences, when  tian^lated  into  Italian,  hjcame  the 
neatest  ejiiizrams  in  the  world.  His  su^rges- 
tions  as  to  the  best  mode  of  elevating  and  cn- 
riciiiny;  the  co'intry  were  considered  by  one  set 
as  the  jirofv.indest  jihilosophy,  and  by  another 
as  the  keenest  satire.  They  were  determined 
to  lionize  him.  It  was  a  new  sensation  to  the 
Senator.  ILmI 'sired  to  jirfdong  it.  He  recall- 
ed the  lines  of  the  good  Watts  : 

"My  willint;  ^'oul  wniil  1  stny 
In  siicli  a  IVaiiKMi.-*  tliis." 

lie  thoiignt  of  Dr.  Franklir.  in  Paris,  of  his  se- 
vere republicanism  amid  the  aristocratic  iullu- 
cnces  around.  How  like  his  ]iresent  situation 
was  to  that  of  the  august  i)hiliis(i|)her  I 

The  marked  attcnti<Mi  which  the  ^[inistcr 
paid  to  the  .Senator  adtled  greatly  to  the  impor- 
tance of  the  latter.  The  Florentines  reasoned 
tliiis  :  A  Minister  is  a  great  man.  As  a  gen- 
eral thing  his  travelling  countrymen  I'ay  respect 
to  him.  What  then  innst  be  the  position  of 
that  travelling  fellow-countryman  who  receives 
attention  instiiad  of  paying  it  ?  What  would 
til?  i)ositiou  of  an  Englishman  need  to  he,  in 
order  to  gain  the  attention  of  the  IJritish  I'.in- 
lassador?  Ducal  at  least.  Hence  there  is 
only  one  conclusion.  An  American  Senator 
ranks  with  an  English  Duke. 

Others  went  beyond  this;  Mark  the  massive 
forehead,  the  severe  eye,  the  cool,  self-i)ossessed 
mien  of  this  American.  The  air  of  tnie  accus- 
tomed to  rule.     Listen  to  his  philosophic  con- 


versation. One  of  America's  greatest  states- 
men. No  doubt  he  has  a  certain  jirospect  of 
becoming  President.  President !  It  must  ho 
so;  and  that  accounts  for  the  attention  jiaid  by 
the  American  Embassador.  He,  of  course, 
wishes  to  be  continued  in  his  ollicc  under  the 
next  administration.  After  all,  the  Florentines 
were  not  so  fur  out  of  tlie  way.  A  niiudi  worse 
man  than  the  Senator  might  be  made  President. 
In  the  chapter  of  accidents  his  name,  or  the 
name  of  one  like  him,  might  carry  the  votes  of 
some  roaring  conveniion. 

For  two  or  three  days  the  Senator  was  tlio 
subject  of  an  eager  contest  among  all  the  lead- 
ers of  society.  At  lengtii  thero  apjieared  upon 
the  scene  the  great  Victiix  in  a  thousand  con- 
tests such  as  these.  The  others  fell  back  dis- 
comfited, and  the  Senator  ijecamc  her  jirey. 

The  Countess  di  Notiinero  was  not  exactly  a 
llecamier,  but  she  was  a  remarkably  brilliant 
woman,  and  the  acknowledged  leader  of  the 
liiieral  jiart  of  Florentine  society.  Of  course, 
the  haughty  aristocratic  jiarty  held  themselves 
grandly  aloof,  ami  knew  nothing  either  of  her 
or  the  society  to  which  she  belonged. 

She  was  generally  known  as  La.  CVri/,  a  nick- 
name given  by  herenemies,  though  what  "  Cica" 
meant  no  one  could  tell  exactly.  It  was  a  sort 
of  contraction  made  up  from  her  Christian  namo, 
Cecilia,  as  some  thought ;  others  thought  it  was 
tiie  Italian  word  riat  given  on  account  of  some 
nnknown  incident.  At  any  rate,  as  soon  a» 
she  made  her  a)>poarance  driving  down  the 
Lnngh'  Arno,  with  the  massive  form  of  the 
Senator  by  her  side,  his  fame  I'osc  n])  to  its 
zenitli.  He  became  more  remarked  than  ever, 
and  known  among  nil  classes  as  the  illustrious 
American  to  whom  belonged  the  certainty  of 
being  next  I'resident  of  the  L'nited  States. 

Humor  strengthened  as  it  grew.  Kejiorts 
were  circulated  which  would  certainly  have 
amazed  the  worthy  Senator  if  he  had  heard 
''  I'm  all.  It  was  sai<l  that  he  was  the  special 
I  enipotentiary  Extraordinary  sent  by  the  Amer- 
ican Goveriinicnt  as  a  mark  of  their  deej)  sym- 
l)athy  with  the  Italian  movement,  and  that  he 
was  emjiowered,  at  the  lirst  ap|)earance  of  a  new 
Government  in  Italy,  to  recognize  it  otlicially 
as  a  first-class  Power,  and  thus  give  it  the 
niigbiy  sanction  of  the  L'nited  States. 

What  wonder  that  all  eyes  were  turned  ad- 
miringly toward  him  wherever  he  went.  15nt 
he  was  too  modest  to  no;ice  it.  He  little  knew 
that  he  was  the  chief  object  of  interest  to  every 
house,  hotel,  and  cafe'  in  the  city.  Yet  it  was 
a  fact. 

His  comjianions  lost  sight  of  him  for  somo 
time.  Th("y  hearil  the  conversation  going  on 
about  the  sayings  of  the  great  Ameriean.  They 
did  not  know  at  first  who  it  was  ;  but  at  length 
concluded  that  it  referred  to  the  Minister  from 
Turin. 

I.n  Cica  did  her  jiart  marvellou>ly  well.  All 
the  dilettanti,  the  artists,  authors,  political  jihi- 
losophcrs,  and  hcdux  cn/iriis  of  every  grade  fol- 
lowed the  example  of  Lii  Cica,       And  it  is  it 


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I'runi  any  ailveiiiiiio:;s  aids  of  refiiieincnt,  llie 
t-'cnator  licld  his  own  ivinarl;ably.  Vet  it  isiust 
liu  cdiiCussed  that  hu  was  at  times  extremely 
iniz/.lcd. 

Jji  Cirii  did  not  S])cak  tliu  host  I'ii;:li.-li  in 
the  world  ;  yet  that  could  not  aeeoiint  for  all 
tiie  ^inirtilar  remarks  wliieh  s^lie  made.  ISlill 
less  could  it  account  for  the  tender  interest  of 
her  nnmner.  She  had  remarkably  bright  eyes. 
Why  wandered  those  eyes  so  often  to  his,  and 
uliy  did  they  beam  with  such  devotion — beam- 
ing for  a  moment  only  to  fdl  in  sweet  innocent 
confusion?  /.d  Cica  had  tlie  most  fiscinatinj,' 
manners,  yet  they  were  often  iieriilexiii};  to  the 
("Senator's  soul.  The  little  ollices  which  she  re- 
(jiiired  of  him  did  not  ai)]ioar  in  his  matter-of- 
I'.ict  eyes  as  strictly  iirndent.  Tiic  innate  gal- 
l.iiiiiy  which  he  jjossessed  carried  idni  bravely 
aliMi^'  throii;j;li  ntiich  that  was  liewildciin;^  to  his 
nerves.  Yet  he  was  often  in  danj^'er  of  running 
av.'ay  in  terror. 

"The  t'onntcs?,''  ho  thonsiit,  ''is  a  most  re- 
markable tine  woman  ;  but  she  docs  use  her  eyes 
uncommon,  and  I  do  wish  she  wouldn't  be  quite 
so  demonstrative." 

The  (,'01  id  Senator  had  never  before  enconnter- 
rd  a  thorou<j:h  woman  of  the  wcnld,  ami  was  as 
ignorant  as  a  child  of  the  ininimerablc  little 
hannless  arts  by  which  the  power  of  such  a  one 
is  extended  and  secured.  At  last  the  t^enator 
came  to  this  concli'sioii.  J.a  CVci  w;is  desper- 
ately in  love  with  bim. 

She  a]ipeared  to  bo  a  widow.  At  least  she 
had  no  husbaiul  that  ho  had  ever  seen  ;  and 
therefore  to  the  Senator's  mind  she  must  be  a 
spinster  or  a  widow.  From  the  peneral  style  in 
which  she  was  addressed  he  concliuled  that  she 
was  the  latter.  Now  if  the  ]i<ior  ( 'iai  was  hope- 
lessly ill  love,  it  must  bo  stop]ied  at  once.  For 
Ir!  was  a  married  man,  and  bis  j:iio(l  lady  still 
lived,  with  a  very  larj,'e  family,  most  of  the  niem- 
bjis  of  which  had  grown  up. 

/.'I  Cira  ought  to  know  this.  She  ou;;lit  in- 
deed. But  let  the  knowledge  be  given  delicate- 
ly, not  abruijtly.  He  confideil  his  little  dilHculty 
to  his  friend  tiie  Minister.  The  .Minister  oidy 
laughed  heartily. 

'•  r>iit  give  me  your  o]ilnion.'' 

The  Minister  belli  his  sides,  and  laughed  more 
immoderately  than  ever. 

"  Ii's  no  lauihing  matter,''  said  the  Senator. 
"  It's  serious.  1  think  you  migiit  give  an  opin- 
ion.'' 

But  the  ^Minister  declined.  A  bvoad  grin 
wreallicd  hi>  fice  during  all  the  rcuiainder  of 
his  !tay  at  Florence.  In  fact,  it  is  said  that  it 
lius  remained  there  ever  since. 

The  Senator  felt  indignant,  but  his  eoin'se 
was  taken.  On  the  following  evening  they 
walked  on  the  balcony  of  I.a  Ciai's  noble  resi- 
dence. Slia  v.as  sentimental,  devoted,  charm- 
ing. 

Tlio  conversation  of  a  fas(.'inating  woman 
does  not  look  so  well  when  reported  as  it  is 
wlicn  uttered.     Ilcr  j  ower  is  in  her  tone,  her 


glance,  Iter  manner.  'Who  can  cateh  the  eva- 
nescent beauty  of  her  exjiression  or  tiie  deeji 
tenderness  of  lier  well-modulated  voice  '/  \\'\.o 
indeed? 

'•Does  7.Q  scene  ]>leaso  you,  my  Senator?" 
"  Very  much  indeed." 
"Youar  countrymen  haf  tol  me  zey  would  like 
to  stay  here  alhjway." 
I       '•  It  is  a  beautiful  ])laee." 

"  Did  you  aiver  see  any  thin  moaire  loafely  ?" 
;  And  the  Countess  looked  fiUl  in  bis  face. 
I       "Never,"  said  the  Senatir.  earnestly.     The 
next  instant  he  blushed.     Jle  had  been  betrayed 
into  a  com]diinent. 
The  Countess  sighed. 

"  Ilelas !  my  Senator,  that  it  is  not  ]iairn;itted 
to  moartals  to  sociatc  as  zey  woiiUl  laike." 
!      "'Your  Senator,'"  thought  the  gentleman 
thus  addressed  ;  "  how  fond,  how  tender— poor 
thing  I  ]ioor  thing !" 

i       "I  wish  that  Italy  was  nearer  to  the  States,'' 
j  said  bo. 

j      "  How  I  adamiar  youar  style  of  mind,  so  dif- 
1  fercnte  from  zc  Italiana.     You  are  so  strong — 
so  nobile.      Yet  would  1  laike  to  sec  moar  of  zc 
I  ])oetic  in  you." 

j       ''I   always   loved   ])OCtry,  marin,"  said   the 
Senator,  desjicrately. 

"Ah — good — nais — eccelcnte.     I   am   ].lcc.s 

I  at  zat,''  cried  the  Countess,  with  much  aniina- 

tion.      ''  You  would  loafe  it  moar  eef  you  knew 

Italiano.     Your  latigua  ces  not  sullieiente  musi- 

cale  for  jioatry." 

I       "It  is  not  so  soft  a  language  as  the  7-talian." 
,       "Ah— no — not   so  s(jft.     \t}vy  well.     And 
what  theenka  you  of  ze  Italiano?" 

"'I'he  sweetest  language  I  ever  beard  in  all 
my  born  days." 

'       ''Ah,  n(jw — you  hcv  not  heard  mucli  of  zo 
Italiano,  my  Senator."' 

'•I  have  hcartl   you   s]cak  often,"  said   the 
Scnatiu',  na'ively. 
I       "Ah.  you  com]  liment  1     I  sot  you  wasaboove 
ilattera."' 

!      And  the  Countess  playfully  ta]'iied  his  arm 
with  her  little  fan. 
;       "  U'hat  Jngclis  poet  do  you  loafe  best  ?" 
I       '"Boet?     English  ]ioet  ?"  said  the  Senator, 
I  with  some  surprise.     "  ( )b — why,  niarm,  I  think 

Watts  is  about  the  best  of  the  lot  I" 
I      "Watt?     'Was  he  a  poet?     I  di<l  not  know 
zat.     He  who  invented  zc  stim-injaine  ?     At'.d 
yet  if  he  was  a  jioet  it  is  mitaraie  zat  you  loafo 
him  best." 

'•Steam-engine?  Oh  no  i  This  one  was  a 
ministor." 

'•  A  meenecstnire?     Ah  I  an  abbe?     I  know 

him  not.   Yet  Ibafread  nios  of  all  youar  jiocls." 

"He  made  u]>  hymns,  marm,  ami  ]isalms — 

for    instance:      '  Watts's    Divine    Hymns    and 

Spiritual  Songs.'  " 

"Songs?  S]iiritiiel!o  ?  Ah,  I  mus  at  once 
])rocuairc  zc  works  of  Watt,  which  was  favorit 
1)0"*  of  my  Senator." 

"A  lady  of  such  intelligence  as  yon  would 
like  the  poet  Watts,"  saiil  the  Senator,  firmly. 


Tin:  i.oDor.  cluh;  oh,  italy  ix  mdccclix. 


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"II2  i.s  tlic  b3st  kno^vn  liv  f.ir  of  nil  onr  ]io- 
ets." 

"  What  ?  hcticr  z.m  Siikcsponro,  ^liltoii,  Eai- 
ron  ?    You  iniu'li  siiipniss  1110." 

"J5etter  known  nnd  better  loved  tlmn  the 
■whole  lot.  AVliy,  his  ]inctn"  is  known  by  heart 
thniu'^h  all  iMiKlaml  and  ^\nici'ii';x."  | 

"  Meicifiil  Heaven!  what  yon  tell  nic!  cos 
pet  i)osslil  I  An  yet  he  is  not  known  hero  cfen 
by  name.  It  would  ])Iees  nic  niooeh,  my  Sen- 
ator, to  haire  yon  make  one  qnotatione.  Know- 
yon  \Va;i  r  Tell  to  mo  some  words  of  liis  which 
1  may  renienibaire.'' 

'•  I  iiave  iv  shnekiii;:  bud  nieniory." 

"  15ad  meniora  I  ( )li,  but  yon  remember  ?nn)0- 
ihin,  zis  mos  beantfid  eharm  nail — yim  baf  a 
ii)liile  sonl — yoti  mus  be  atl'ecta  by  Iieaiity — by 
/  •  ideal.     Make  for  a  mo  one  qnotatione." 

And  site  rested  lier  little  liand  on  the  Sena- 
tor's arm,  nnd  looked  np  im|iloi-iiii;ly  in  Ids  faec. 

The  Senator  lodl.ed  fnolisli.  He  felt  even 
Tnoic  so.  Here  was  a  beantiliil  woman,  by  act 
and  look  showini;  a  tender  interest  in  him. 
l'er;ilexinK — hut  veiy  llatterinj;  after  all.  So 
lie  re]ilied  : 


"Yon  will  not  let  mc  rcfnso  yon  ,Tny  tlnnjr." 

"Aha!  yon  are  vera  willin  to  refre.  It  li 
dilFiculty  for  mc  to  exeitare  yonar  regards. 
Yon  arc  fill  with  the  {:!ran(ls  ideas.  But  eomc 
— will  vou  sjiik  for  mc  some  from  vour  favorit 
Watt  ?■' 

"  Well,  if  yon  wi-h  it  so  much,''  said  the 
Senator,  kindly,  and  he  hesitated. 

"  Ah — 1  rlo  wis  it  so  niueli  I'' 

"Khem!" 

"Be,j;in."  said  the  Countess.  "Behold  me. 
I  listen.  I  Iiear  cvcrysin,  and  will  remem- 
baire  it  forava." 

Tlic  only  tliinp  that  the  Senator  eotdd  think 
of  was  the  verse  which  had  been  runninj:  in  his 
head  for  the  la-;t  few  days,  its  measured  rhythm 
keo)>inc  time  witii  every  occi)])ation  : 

"  '  ^fy  willing  soid  would  stay — '" 

"  Sto])  one  moment,"  said  the  Countess.  "  I 
weesh  to  learn  it  from  you  ;''  and  she  lonko'l 
fondly  and  tenderly  iiji,  but  instantly  dropped 
her  eyes. 

"  '  Ma  willina  sol  wooda  sta — ' '' 

"In  sucli  a  fi'ame  as  liiis,'"  )r.'omp;ctl  l!;o 
Senator. 


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THE  DODGE  CLUH;  0I{,  ITALY  IN  .MDCCCLIX. 


"  '  Eon  sniliii  framiis  zees.'     Wait — '  Ma  will-  '  leaving  Klorcnco       I  must  go  sUcii-tly.      ^f y  w  ifo 
ina  sol  wodcla  sta  in  sochii  franias  zees.'     Ah,  '  lias  written  summoning  nie  home,     'i':  o  ihil- 
npiiroju-iat  I  but  eoukl  I  hoi)e  zat  you  were  true  ,  Jrcn  arc  dmvn  witli  the  measles.'' 
to  i;osc  lines,  my  Senator?     Well?'  |      Oh,  base   fiibrieation  !      Oh,  I'also    l-'enHtuv.' 

'•'Ami  sit  ami  sing  herself  away,' "  said  the  There  wasn't  a  wonl  of  truth  in  that  remark. 
Senator,  in  a  I'altering  voiee,  and  lireakiug  <iut  Von  sjmke  -o  because  y(ui  wished  /.a  dm  to 
into  a  cold  ])ersi.iraiion  for  fear  of  comtnit-  know  liiat  you  hail  a  wife  and  fiimijy.  Yet  it 
ting  himself  by  sueh  uneomniouly  stron,:,'  lau-  :  was  very  badly  done, 
gunge. 

"'Ansit  ausin  hassaf  awai. 


r.'jieatecl  tlr.) 
Countess  her  face  lighting  up  wit!i  a  sweetly 
cor.seious  expression. 

Tlic  Senator  jiansed. 

"Well?" 

"I — ehcm  I     I  forget."' 

"Forget?     Imjiossible!"' 

«'  I  do  really." 

*'  Ah  now  !  Eorget  ?  I  sec  by  youar  face — 
yon  uesave.     Sav  on." 


The  Ccu'.ntess  again  gently  touched  his  artn    ladies  and  genllemcu 


/.(I  I'.rn  cluinged  neither  her  attitude  nor  hei 
expression.  Evidently  the  existence  of  his 
wife,  and  llie  uk  laneh(dy  situation  of  his  un- 
tlntunate  eiiildren,  awaked  no  sympiithy. 

"  I5ut,  my  Senator — did  you  ncjt  s.iy  you 
wooda  soeug  vousellef  away  to  ailarlasteeu 
liclees  ?" 

"  Oh,  inarm,  it  was  n  quotation— only  a  (pio- 
tation." 

lint  at  this  critical  juncture  the  conversation 
was  broken  up  by  ihe  arrival  of  a  tiumber  ot' 


with  both  of  her  little  haiuN,  and  held  it  as 
tiiough  she  woidd  clas]i  it. 

'•  Have  you  fear?     Ah,  cruel :" 

The  Senator  turned  I'alc,  but  finding  refusal 
imjiossible,  boldly  finished: 

'•  '  To  everlasting  bliss" — there  I" 

"'To  atfarlasiin  blees  thar.'  Stop.  I  re- 
peat it  all :  '  My  wiiliua  sol  wooda  sta  in  soeha 
fiamas  zees,  nnsit  ausin  hassaf  awai  toati'irlastin 
bices  thar.'     Am  I  right  ?"' 

'•Y'es,""  said  the  Senator,  meekly. 

"I  knew  you  war  a  jioeiic  sola,"  said  the 
Countess,  coutidiiigly.  "  Y'ou  air  honesto — 
true — you  can  not  desave.  When  you  s]iik  1 
can  beliv  you.  Ah,  my  Senator!  an  you  can 
Hjiik  zis  poetry  I — at  soch  a  tainie  1     I  ncfare 


Hut  could  tlu^  Senator  have  knov.n  I 
CouKl  he  but  have  knouu    how  imkI  v.lierc 
those  words  would  confront  him  a'^;,iu  I 


CIIAPTEK  XLIV. 

'MdRF.HF.  DiAoouA,  NON   EMM  IN  ra;i.i-:u   An- 

!~(i:NsriU  S  KS." — THE  APOTIIKOSIS  dl'    Till:  SEN- 

AToii  (MiriiiNc;   i.i;ss — it   was  a   MmMAT   IS 

WHICH    A    MAX   MIOIIT  WISH    TO    DIK — IIUllOlI, 
OF  COUUSE,  THE   SENATOU   DION'T   DIE). 


STnoi.i.iNfi  through  the   streets  d.iy  by  day 

Buttons  and  Dick  beheld  the  triumidi  of  the 

Senator.     They  gazed  on  it  from  afar,  and  in 

knew  bef'oare  zat  you  was  so  imiiassionel — an    amazement  saw  their  old  '.■oin]iauion  suddenly 


you  air  so  artaful  !  Y'ou  brceng  ze  cont"ersa- 
zione  to  beauty — to  poatry— to  zc  ]ioet  Watt — 
so  you  may  sp'ik  verses  mos  im]iassioiio  !  Ah! 
\vhat  do  you  mean  ?  Santissima  madrel  how 
I  wish  you  spik  Italiano. " 

The  Countess  drew  nearer  to  bim.  but  her 
apjiroaeh  only  dceiiened  his  ]ier|'lexit\'. 

"  How  that  poor  tlu;;g  does  Kive  me  I"'  sighed 
the  Senator.  ''  Law  bless  it  I  slie  can"t  help 
it  —  can"t  help  it  mdiow.  She  is  a  goner; 
auil  what  can  I  do?  I'll  have  to  leave  Flor- 
ence. Oh,  why  did  I  (luit  Buttons!  Oh, 
why — " 

The  Countess  was  staiuling  close  beside  him 


ifted  nj)  to  a  jiosiiion  which  they  coidd  not 
hojie  to  gain.  The  comjianion  I'f  nobles — the 
associate  of  l.riiiix  (.i/i)ils^\\\(}  friend  of  the 
wealthy,  tli  ..'cat,  and  the  jiroial ;  what  in  the 
world  was  ,iie  cause  of  this  suddm,  this  unpar- 
alleled leap  forward  to  the  very  highest  jiiint 
of  honor  ?  Who,  iu  the  name  of  gi  odness,  was 
that  da.-hiiig  v,-oman  wiih  whom  he  was  always 
driving  about?  Who  v.ere  tlnse  f'/.ir  ladies 
with  whom  he  was  forever  ]romciiiuling  ?  Plain- 
ly the  chief  jieople  of  the  hind  ;  but  liow  the  mis- 
chief  did  he  get  among  them  ?  They  were  be- 
wildered even  though  the  half  of  the  truth  had 
not  begun  to   dawn  upon   their  minds.     They 


in  a  tender  mood  waiting  fur  him  to  break  tiie  I  never  saw  him  to   ask   him    about   it,  and   for 


silence.  IIow  could  he?  He  had  been  utter- 
ing words  which  souiuU'il  to  iier  like  love  ;  and 
she — "  a  widow  I  a  wiikiw  I  wretched  man  that 
lam!" 

There  was  a  jiause.  The  longer  it  lasted 
the  more  awkward  the  Senator  felt.  What 
upon  earth  was  he  to  do  or  say?  What  busi- 
ness had  he  to  go  and  ipiote  jioetry  to  widows  ? 
What  an  old  fool  he  must  be  I  But  the  Count- 
ess was  very  far  from  feeling  .awkward.  As- 
suming an  elegant  attitude  she  looked  up,  her 
face  expressing  the  tenderest  solii  itude. 

"  What  ails  my  Semitor  ?  " 

"  Why   the    fact   is,  marm — I   f-cl  sad — at 


some  time  only  looked  n]ion  him  from  a  dis- 
tance. 

"Do  you  give  it  up  ?"  asked  Buttons. 

"I  give  it  up.'' 

"And  1  too."' 

"At  any  rate  the  Cnited  States  might  have 
many  a  worse  represeutiitive.'" 

"But  I  wonder  how  le  can  get  along.  IIow 
can  he  manage  to  hold  his  own  among  these  re- 
fined, over-cultivated,  fastidious  I'loreutiues?'' 

"  Goodness  knows !'' 

"  A  common  school  New  England  education 
can  scarcely  fit  a  man  for  intercourse  with  )iol- 
ishcd  Italians.     The  granite  hills  of  New  llamp. 


TIIK  DODGK  CLUB ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  .AIDCCCLIX. 


lo: 


sliii'c  Ikivc  never  liet'ii  f^imoiis  for  iiroiliK'iii;^ 
men  of  liiyh  bleeding.  That  is  not  ihuir  sjic- 
ti«lty." 

"  I'esiilcs,  (iiir  giKul  iVicml  ciiii  nut  spunk  a 
single  word  of  any  laii;:iia^e  Imi  liis  ouii."  ' 

"  And  freiiuciitly  fails  in  that.''  j 

"He  hasn't  tlio  rcniotost  gliiiimcriiij,'  of  an 
idea  about  Art.'' 

"  Xot  of  tlie  Fine  Arts,  but  in  tlie  useful  arts 
lie  is  ininicnse." 

"  IIu  looks  u])nn  Italy  as  lie  would  ni'on  a 
i'cld  of  stumi)S — a  jilace  to  ho  cleared,  broken 
up,  brought  nnder  cultivation,  au'  nuid  ■  i)ro- 
duetive." 

"Yes,  ])roduetivc  in  cottin  faetoriesaiid  Yan- 
kee iioiioiis." 

"What  in  the  world  can  ki'(>]>  u])  liisre]iuta- 
tion  anion;;  the  most  poetic  and  lea^t  uiiiiiai'i-  ' 
an  people  in  the  world':''' 

'•There's  the  mystery  I*'  ; 

"  Tlio  beauty  of  it  is  lie  poes  as  nuuh  witli 
t!ie  l-'.nf;lisli  as  witli  the  Italians.  Can  he  ki'cp 
up  his  vernacular  among  llieui  and  siili  j. reserve 
tiie  charm  ?' 

"  '\^'  I,  wliatever  is  the  secret.  I  plory  in  it. 
I  b-dieve  in  him.  lie  is  a  man.  ^\  inoie  no- 
ble-hearted, sincere,  n])riKht,  ^'uileles<  soul  ni'v- 
er  lived.  Besides,  he  knows  tiioroiighly  what 
he  has  ^'one  over.'' 

"  lie  is  as  t;cnerous  a  soul  as  ever  lived." 

"Yes,  a  stilF  utilitarian  in  tlieory,  i)ut  in 
practice  an  impulsive  sentimentalist." 

'■  II J  would  le^jislatc  according:  to  the  most 
narrow  and  selfish  principles,  but  would  lay 
down  his  life  for  iiis  friend."' 

"  Think  of  him  at  rcniLiia  !" 

"  Ves  ;  the  man  himself  with  his  bi'ave  soul 
and  inv  iiicible  couriiLje.  Didn't  I.e  li^;lit  ?  ^le- 
thiuks  he  did!'' 

'•  If  it  hadn't  been  for  him  it  is  extreimly 
]irobable  that  you  and  I  would  now  have  been 
— well,  certainly  not  just  here." 

Talkiiii;  thus,  the  two  youn;;  incu  walked  nj) 
toward  the  Palazzo  Vcechio.  They  notiecil 
that  tiie  busy  street  tlirouuh  which  tiiey  passed 
was  filled  with  an  unusual  mnliilude,  who  were 
nil  a;;itated  with  one  f;eneral  and  |iri  fonnd  ex- 
citement, and  were  all  ImrryinLr  in  one  direc- 
tion. The  sijjlit  awakened  their  interest.  They 
went  on  with  the  stream.  At  every  >tep  the 
crowd  increased.  At  every  street  new  lliron^^s 
))oured  in  to  join  the  vast  multitude. 

Confused  murmurs  rose  into  the  air.  Hasty 
Words  jiassed  from  month  to  mouth.  They 
were  unintellij,'il)le.  Tliey  could  only  distin- 
puisli  broken  sentences — words  unknown — Cav- 
riana  —  Mincio  —  Tedeschi — Napideone — Spia 
d'ltaiia.  What  was  it  all  about '/^  They  ccmld 
not  ^'iiess.  Evidently  some  mighty  national 
event  had  occurred,  which  was  of  overwhelm- 
ing imiiortancc.  Tor  the  entire  city  had  turned 
out,  and  lunv,  ns  tlioy  entered  the  great  sipiaro 
in  fiont  of  the  Palazzo  Veccliio,  an  astonisiiinR 
siirht  burst  upon  tlicir  view.  A  va>i  multitude 
(ill'd  the  S(nn\rc  to  overtlowin^'.  Lou  I  cries 
arose.      tShoiits  of  a  thousand  kinds  all  blend- 


ing together  into  one  deafening  roar,  and  rising 
on  high  like  the  timnder  of  a  cataract: 

'•  Vittoria  :'  "  Nitioiie.  !"  ••  ( 'rf,viiana  !"  "I 
Francesi  :"  "Viva  I'ltalia!"  "Viva  Vittore 
Kminanuelel  ilnostroKel"  "  Vival''"  VUa  .' .''' 
"  Viva  ! !  !" 

Words  like  these  rose  all  around,  r.iingle  1 
with  thonsamls  of  similar  exclamations.  At 
length  there  was  distinguished  one  imnl.  It 
was  passed  fi'om  man  to  man,  more  frciptently 
nttereil,  gathering  as  it  passed,  adding  new  vol- 
umes of  meaning  to  its  own  sonorous  sound,  till 
at  last  all  other  words  were  drowned  in  that  ono 
graiul  word,  which  to  this  rejoicing  mnltitudo 
was  the  lyre  of  glorious  victory,  the  promi.;.;  of 
eiulless  triuni]iiis  for  regeiiera;  id  Italy  : 

'■  Soi.Fi;!;iNo  I'' 


BOI.FF.Ul.Nf> ! 

'^  S'li^r'n'i'io .'''  They  did  not  know  then,  as 
they  listened,  the  fidl  meaning  of  that  ehxpieiit 
word.  lint  on  mingling  with  the  shouting 
crowd  they  soon  learned  it  all:  how  the  ac- 
cursed Tedeschi  had  summoned  all  their  ener- 
gy to  crush  forever  the  army  of  liberty  ;  how  the 
Kaisar  himself  came  from  beyond  the  mount- 
ains to  insure  his  trium]]h  ;  how  the  allieil  ar- 
mies had  rushed  ujion  their  massive  columns 
and  beaten  them  liaek  ;  how,  hour  after  hour, 
the  battle  raged,  till  at  last  the  jdain  for  muiiy 
a  league  was  covered  wiih  the  wounded  and  the 
dead  ;  how  the  wrongs  i;f  ages  were  crowded 
together  in  the  glorious  vengeance  of  that  day 
of  ttays;  how  Victory  hovered  over  the  invinci- 
ble banners  of  Italy  ;  how  the  Tedeschi  Hcd, 
routed,  over  the  river,  no  more  to  cross  it  ns 
masters  ;  how  the  lio]ies  of  Italy  nrose  immortal 
from  that  one  day's  terrific  slaughter;  how  Lilv. 
crty  was  now  t'orever  seemed,  and  a  Kingdom 
of  Italy  under  an  Italian  King. 

'■  \'iva  I'ltalia  1"  "Viva  I.iiigi  ?vap<,leone  I" 
"  Viva  Garibalili  1"  "Viva  \'ittore  Knimanu- 
cle,  l{e  (I'ltalia!" 

In  great  moments  of  popular  excitement  peo- 
ple do  not  talk  to  one  another.  They  rhap- 
sodize ;  and  the  Italians  more  than  any  other 
jieojile.      Hence  the  above. 


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THE  SENAiMll  SI'EAKS. 


Il.ittons  and  Dick  claiiihoroil  v.yi  to  tltc  vccoss 
of  a  uimlow  and  c(jntcni|ilatL'd  the  seono. 
'I'liore  was  t!ie  innniiicniMa  crowd;  swa.vinp, 
cnil)rarin<;,  lanpliinj;,  wccjiinp;,  slioutinjr,  clioor- 
in;:.  IIi^':li  in  the  air  waved  hnndreds  of  ban- 
ners ;  and  t!ic  tri.col(n"  flaunted  in  ri  '  tis  from 
tlioiisands  of  l)reasts.  or  slione  in  i  i>ttcs,  or 
rileamed  in  ilowers.  Ever  and  anon  huid  trnni- 
pct  Idasts  arose  trinin|iliantly  on  high  ;  in  the 
distanco  victoiiotis  strains  canio  swellinf:  uj) 
from  bands  harried  there  to  express  in  thrilling: 
music  what  words  could  n.-ver  utter ;  while  all 
around  the  whole  air  raiiir  witii  the  thunder  of 
cannon  that  saluted  the  iiiuniph  of  SolfiM'ino. 

"  Look  there  !      /.'">/,■ .'     Look  I"' cried  Dick. 

He  pointed  to  the  larpo  jiortico  which  is  on 
the  right  of  the  Palazzo  Veccliio.  Dutlons  h)ok- 
cd  as  ho  was  directed. 

He  saw  a  great  assemblage  of  ladies  and  gen- 
tlemen, the  ('hief  jieojile  of  the  Tuscan  state. 
From  this  ]ilaee  those  announcements  had  been 
made  which  had  set  the  peojile  wild  with  joy. 
There  were  beautiful  ladies  whose  flushed  faces 
and  suft'used  eyes  liore  winiess  to  their  deep 
emotion.  There  were  noble  gentlemen  whose 
arms  still  waved  in  the  air  as  they  cheered  for 
Italy.  And  there,  high  above  all  others,  rose 
a  familiar  figure — the  massive  shoulders,  the 
calm,  shrewd,  sqiuiic  fare,  the  benignant  glance 
and  smile,  which  could  belong  only  to  one  jier- 
son. 


I       "  T/if  SriKttor .'"  cried  Piuttons. 

j      Every  body  was   looking   in    that  dirertion. 

I  The  im])ulsive  crowd  having  celebrated  abstract 
ideas,  were  now  absolutely  hungering  for  soma 
tangible  object  u]ion  which  to  expend  some- 
thing of  the  warmth  of  their  feelings.  A  few 
wlio  stood  near  the  Senator  and  were  imjiresscd 
by  his  aspect,  a-^  sr.nn  n«  all  the  news  had  been 
nnulc  known,  gave  <  \]ins>ion  and  direction  to 
the  feeling  ly  shouting  his  name.  As  they 
shouted  others  took  u]i  iho  cry,  louder,  louder, 
and  louder  still,  till  his  name  burst  foith  in  one 
sulilime  sound  from  thirty  thousand  li]is. 

Xo  wonder  that  he  started  at  such  an  apjical. 
He  turned  and  looked  ujion  the  crowd.  An 
ordinary  man  would  have  exhibited  cither  con- 
fusion or  wonder.  The  Senator,  being  an  ex- 
traordinary man,  cxhilnted  neither.  As  he  turn- 
ed a  vast  roar  burst  from  the  niuliitude. 

"  Good  Heavens  I"'  cried  liuttous  ;  '•  what's  in 
the  wind  now?      Will  tliis  be  a  rci)etiti(;n  of 
the  scene  in  the  I'laee  Vendome  ?"' 
"Hush!" 

The  crov.-d  saw  before  thr m  the  man  whose 
name  and  fame  had  been  the  sidiject  of  co  .jcct- 
ure,  wonder,  apidause,  and  hojio  for  nuiny  days. 
They  beheld  in  him  the  liepresentativc  of  a 
mighty  nation,  sent  to  give  tiieni  the  right  hand 

I  of  fellowship,  and  welcome  their  country  among 
the  great  j.owers  of  the  earth.     In  l-.im  thcjr 

I  saw  the  embodiment  of  America! 


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Viva  I"  Imr-t  tlirouch  the  iiir.     "  TIic  Amor- 


"Well?" 

ic'.iu  EiiibMssiidoi'l'     '"  Iliiri'iili  t'ortlic'  Anu'rk'iiii         "  Hmv  iId  von  fi'  '1  u  >'.v  ?" 
KiuliiisSiiJorl''     "The  l'lL'iii))()tL'iuiar.v  lv\ti-iior-         "  Oljlitoi-Micd.      I  Uo  not  o:;i.>t.     I  wr.s  oiir^e 
iliii:>ryl"     "  lie  comes  to  crown  our  triimi|ili  1''    ii  Mnt.     I  am  c\]ituiyi;J.     Tlieio  is  id  siK'h  tiling 
"  IIuiTiili    Tjr    America  I"       "Free,  (^euci'oiis    iis  Dick." 

America  I"     "The  first  nation  to  welcome  It-  |      "Who  coiiUl  have  inuininod  this?" 
aly!"     "Hurrah!"     "This  is  the  time!"     "  lie  j       "And  how  he  bore  it!     Tiij   Senator  is  a 
wilispeakl"     "Silence!"     '•  iSilcncc  I'     "He    great  man!      Hnt  come.      I).i;i"t    let  iis   speak 
rises!"      "Lo!"      "He  looks  at   iis!"      "Si-    for  an  hoar,  for  we  are  both  untiWe  to  talk  co- 
L'ncj  !"     "Listen  to  the  Most  JIhistrions  I'len-    liereiitly." 

ipotentiary  Extraordinary !"     '■'■Ilu.sh.'    A:.[::ii-        From  jiatriotie  nii);iv;'s  the  two  yonn;;  men 
i.'V  sri:.viis  I"  '  walkeil  behind  the  Senator's  carri.i^'j  and  eheer- 

Sacli  shouts  and  exclamations  as  these  burst  ed  all  the  way. 
forth,  with  niai'.y  others  to  the  same  effect,  'i'hc  I'pon  arriving;  at  their  lod.i^inRs  in  tlvi  even- 
crowd  in  IVu.it  of  the  portico  where  the  Senator  iiij.;  they  stationed  themselves  at  the  window 
stood  were  almost  nncontrollii!)lo  in  their  ex-  and  looked  out  npon  tlic  illnminated  scene, 
citcmsni.  The  Senator  rose  to  the  greatness  Dick,  findin;,'  his  cnntions  too  strong;  to  lie  re- 
of  the  occasion.  Here  was  a  chance  to  speak —  strained,  took  his  ti-ombiaie  and  enteitained  a 
to  utter  forth  the  deep  sympathy  of  his  country-  K''cat  crowd  t\n'  hours  with  all  the  national  airs 
men  with  every  dowu-troddcu   people  strii  inij  \  that  he  knew. 

for  freedom.      He  turned  to  face  them  and  held  I  ♦■ 

out  his    hand.     At  once  the  immense  assem- 


bla,"!  was  hushed  to  silence. 

The  Senatcjr  to.jk  olf  his  hat.  Never  befia-e 
did  he  look  as  ho  looked  now.  The  grandem- 
i>;'tiie  occasion  hail  sublimed  ins  usually  rn;_'ged 
features  into  mijesty.  He  looked  like  the  in- 
c.irnation  of  a  strong,  vigorous,  invincible  jjco- 
ple. 

The  Senator  spoke: 

"  .Men  of  Italv! 


I  CHAFTER  XLV. 

THF,  riavATt:  oi-imdn-  or  -riir-  imicth!;  Anort 
roui:i(;\:itAvi;L. — iiLixoNs  mTu.i.  M!;;:t.s  wiiix 

AllI.UilONS. 

"  Tin:  Italians,  or  at  any  rare  the  people  of 
Florence,  have  just  about  as  nuieh  cuteness  as 
you  will  find  anywhere." 

I      Such  was  the  dictum  of  the  Senator  in  a  con- 
I  versation  with  his   conipanions   afa-r  r^'joiniiif; 

"In  the  natne  of  the  Great  Ke])alillc!  —  I  them  at  the  hotel.  Tiicy  had  much  to  ask; 
c  j'igratulate  you  on  this  glorious  victory!  It  he.  much  to  tell.  Never  ha<l  he  lieeu  nioro 
i-i  a  tri'un]ih  of  Liberty! — of  the  princijiles  of  critical,  more  approbative.  He  felt  now  that 
'7(il — of  the  immortal  idecs ! — for  widcli  our  he  thoroughly  understood  the  Italian  (piestion, 
firefathers  fou'.;ht  and  died! — at  Lexington!  and  expressed  himself  in  accordance  wirli  this 
— at  Iiinker  Hill! — and  at  a  thousand  other  eonscicaisneS'S. 
jilaces  in  tiie  great  and  glorious  Revolution!"  '•  Nothing  does  a  fdler  so  much  good,"  said 

The  Senator  paused.  This  was  enough.  It  lie.  ■•as  mixing  in  all  grades  of  society.  It 
had  been  spoken  in  iMiglish.  The  Italians  did  won't  ever  do  to  confine  our  observation  to  tho 
not  of  course  uuiierstand  a  word,  yet  tlicy  com-  lower  classes.  We  must  mingle  with  the  npper- 
prehendel  all  his  m^'aniiig.  As  he  jiansed  there  crust,  who  are  the  leaders  of  the  jieople." 
burst  tortli  a  shout  of  joy  such  as  is  heard  only  |  '•Unfortunately,"  said  liiittons,  '"v.e  are  not 
once  in  a  lire-time  ;  shout  upon  shout.  The  long  all  .Scnattu's,  so  v.e  have  to  do  the  be.it  we  can 
]ieals  of  sound  rose  up  and  spread  far  away  over  witli  our  limited  opportunities." 
the  city.  The  vast  crowd  vibrated  like  one  man  They  had  been  in  Florence  long  cnongli,  and 
tj  the  impulse  of  the  cotumon  enthusiasni.  now  the  general  djsire  was  to  go  on.      .Mr.  Figgs 

It  was  too  great  to  last.      They  ruslieil  to  the    and  the  Diictia-  had  greatly  surprised  the  Senator 
carriage  of  Fai   C!ci.      They  unharnessed  the    by  infoiining  him  that  they  di  1  not  iiit/nd  to  go 
h  irs.'s.      Tliey  led  the  Senator  to  it  and  made    any  fiiriher. 
him  enter.    They  Hung  their  tri-colors  in.    They         And  why  not? 

tlirew  Howers  on  liis  lap.  They  wound  the  (lag  "Well,  for  my  own  ]'nrt,"  sai.l  Mr.  Flggs, 
of  Italyaroundthecarriage.  A  thousand  marched  "  the  disconifiu'ts  of  travel  are  altogether  too 
before  it.  Thousands  more  walked  beside  and  great.  It  would  not  be  so  bad  in  the  winter, 
luhiul.      They  drew  him  np  to  his  hotel  in  tri-    but  think  how  lujrribly  hot  it  is.      What  is  my 


umph.  and  the  band  struck  uj)  the  thrilling  strain 
of  •'  Yankee  Doolie  !" 

It  would  be  unfair  not  to  render  justice  to  hi 
Cicit,       She  bore   the   scene  admirablv.      Her 


condition?  That  of  a  man  slowly  suH'ocating. 
Think  how  fat  I  am.  Even  if  I  had  the  eii- 
thusiiism  of  Dick,  or  the  fun  of  Buttons,  my  fat 
would  force  me  to  leave.     Can  \ou  iiretcinl  to 


beaming  face,  and  lustrous  eyes,  and  heaving  be  a  friend  of  mine  and  still  urge  me  to  go  fur. 
bjsoni,  and  maj.'stic  air,  showed  that  she  aji-  thcr?  And  suppose  we  jiasscd  over  into  the  Aus- 
propriatod  to  herself  all  the  honor  thus  lavished  trian  territory.  I'crhaps  we  might  be  nnniolcst- 
upon  tho  Senator.  It  was  a  proud  moment  fur  ed,  but  it  is  doublfiil.  Suppose,  f(U^  tlie  sake 
L'l  Cir.rt.  j  of  argument,   tliat  we  were   arrested  ami   de- 

"  Dick,"'  said  B'.ttens,  as   they    descended  i  tained.     Imagine  us — imagine  iw — shut  u|i  in 
from  their  perch.  1  a  room  — or  worse,  a  cell— in  the  month  of  July, 


n 


II ! 


no 


THE  DODGi:  t'LUJi;  01!,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


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■i- 


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f: 


A   tiUEASi;   BrOT. 

in  miilsiiMinicr,  in  the  hottest  ])nrt  of  iliis  hiiin- 
in.4  fiery  fiirniiee  of  a  country  !  WU:'  uonld 
be  left  of  nio  at  tlie  end  of  a  wiifk,  ,ir  at  the 
end  of  even  one  diiy  ?  Wlint?  A  grease 
spot !  A  grease  spot !  Nut  a  hit  more,  hy 
Jingo  I"  I 

After  tills  speccli,  which  was  for  him  one  of 
extraordinary  length  and  vigor,  Mr.  I'iggs  tell 
exliaiisteil  into  liis  chair.  | 

"I?iit  yon,  Doctor,"  said  tlic  Senator,  seeing 
that  Mr.  Fi^'gs  was  heyond  tlie  reacii  of  persua- 
sion—  -'yon — what  reason  is   tliere  for  you  to 
leave?      Von  arc  young,  strong,  and  certainly  ! 
not  fat."  I 

"  Xo,  tliank  lieavcn  !  it  is  not  the  heat,  or 
the  fear  of  heing  sidlbcated  in  an  Austrian  ilun- 
gcon,  tiiat  influences  me."  i 

"  What,  then,  is  the  reason  ?"  | 

"These  eoufounded  disturhanees,''  said  the 
Doctor  ianguiilly. 

"  l)i>turhances  ?"  | 

"Yes.     I   iiear   that  liic  road  hetween  this 
nnd  Boiogna  swarms  with  vagabonds.      Several  , 
diligences  iiave  hedi  rohhed.      I  iieard  a  story  ' 
which  shows  this  slate  of  things.     A  hand  of 
men  entered  the  theatre  of  a  small  town  along 
the  road  while  the  iiihaljiiauts  were  witnessing 
tlie  play.     At  lirst  the  spectators  thought  it  was  , 
part  of  the  )inrformance.     They  were  soon  mi-  \ 
deceived,      'i'lic  men  drew  uji  in  line  in  front  of 
the  stage  and  levelled  their  pieces.      Then  fasten-  ' 
ing  the  doors,  they  sent  a  numherof  men  around 
through  the  house  to  |dntuler  the  whole  audi'nec.  ; 
Not  content  with  this  they  made  the  aiitl:o;ilies 
of  the  town  jiay  a  heavy  ransom."  | 


"Some  one  has  heen  liumhupging  yon,  Dec 
tor,"  said  liuttous. 

"I  had  it  iVom  good  authority,"  said  the 
Doctor,  calmly.  "These  fellmvs  <'all  iliem- 
selves  l{ev(duiionists,  and  I'lC  i.Li.sai.tvy  sMiijia- 
thize  with  them.' 

"  W(dl,  if  we  meet  witli  lliem  there  will  he  a 
little  atldiliomil  eNcitement." 

"  Yes,  and  the  lo>s  (  f  our  watches  and  mon- 
ey." 

"We  can  curry  our  money  where  tl'.?y  won't 
find  it,  and  our  hilLs  of  c.xehange  are  all  right, 
yon  know." 

"I  think  none  of  you  will  accuse  me  of  want 
of  courage,  if  I  mtt  the>e  f.'llows  ycai  Know 
very  well  that  I  would  go  in  for  liL,hiiiig  them. 
l)Ut  what  I  do  ohjeet  to  is  the  infi'rual  loiher  of 
heing  sto]i]ied,  detained,  or  ]ierha)is  sent  hack. 
Tiicn  if  any  of  us  gotwoinuled  we  would  he  laid 
n]>  for  a  month  or  so.  That's  w  liat  I  oliect  to. 
If  I  had  to  do  it  it  would  he  diti'eieiit,  hut  i  »CQ 
no  necessity." 

"You  surely  want  to  see  Lond:;;r.ly  f" 

"  No.  I  don't." 

"Nnt  IJologna?" 

"No." 

"Ferrara?" 

"No." 

"  Do  yon  mean  to  say  that  yo'.i  don't  want  to 
see  A'euiee  and  .Milan  'r" 

"  Haven't  the  remotest  desire  to  sec  either 
of  the  jilaces.  I  merely  wish  to  ;.et,  hack  again 
to  I'aris.  It's  ahout  the  hest  ]dace  I've  seen  yet, 
excejit,  of  course,  my  native  city,  I'hiladelphia. 
That  I  think  is  without  an  iipial.  Ihjwever, 
our  minds  are  made  up.  We  don't  wish  to 
change  your  jilatis- — in  fact,  we  never  thought  it 
possihlc.  We  are  going  to  take  the  steamer  at 
Leghorn  for  ^Marseilles,  and  go  on  to  I'aris." 

"  Well.  Doctor,"  said  Dick,  "  will  yon  do  inc 
one  favor  hefore  yon  go  ?" 

"With  ideasure.      What  is  it?'' 

"  Sell  me  your  jiistol." 

"  I  can't  .si//  it,"  said  the  Doctor.  "It  was 
a  jircseut  to  me.  But  I  will  l)c  lia])])y  to  lend 
it  to  you  till  we  meet  again  in  I'aris.  W'c  will 
he  sure  to  meet  there  in  a  cou]ilo  of  monilis  nt 
the  furthest." 

The  Doctor  took  out  his  jiistol  and  handed 
it  to  Dick,  who  thankfully  received  it. 

"Oh,  iiuttiins,' said  the  Senator,  suddenly, 
"I  have  good  news  for  you.  I  ought  to  have 
told  you  hefore." 

"Good  news?  what?" 

"  I  saw  the  ."^jianiards." 

"The  Siiauiardsl"  cried  IJuttons,  eagerly, 
starting  up.  "  W'liere  did  you  see  them  ? 
When  ?  Where  are  they  ?  I  have  scoured  the 
whole  town.'' 

"  I  saw  them  nt  a  very  crowded  assenihly  nt 
the  Conntess'.s.  There  was  such  a  scronginR 
that  I  could  not  get  near  them.  The  three  were 
there.     The  little  Don  and  his  two  sisters.'' 

"And  don't  you  know  any  thing  ahont 
them  ?" 

"Not  a  hooter,  except  sonieihing  llmt  tlio 


^U...« 


-  iUl^ill.^^g^JiMi 


THE  DODGE  CLUn ;  OR,  ITALY  IX  MDCCCLIX. 


Ill 


It  was 

IV  to  loiul 

Wc  will 

nioiitlis  iit 

il  liamlcil 


Coiintpss  tdlJ  mo.     I  tliiiik  slio  said  that  they 
weio  stayiiif;  iit  the  villa  of  ii  fViiMul  of  hers." 

"A  iVii'iid?  Oil,  cuiitbuiul  il  uU!  Wlmt 
sliall  I  do?" 

"The  villa  is  out  of  town." 

"That's  tlio  reason  why  I  iipver  rotikl  see 
them.      Confound  it  all,  what  siiall  I  do?' 

"  I'.uttons,"  said  the  Senator,  ^-ravcly  "  I  am 
truly  sorry  to  see  a  yoiiiif;  nuui  like  you  so  iu- 
fitiuited  about  foreign  women.  Do  not  ho  of- 
fiMided,  I  mean  it  kindly.  She  may  ho  a  Jesuit 
in  dis^'uisc  ;  who  knows?  And  why  will  you 
]iut  your.>elf  to  grief  ahimt  a  little  hhiek-cyed 
gid  tliat  don't  know  n  word  of  English?  I5e- 
]kyq  me.  New  iMigland  is  wide,  ■■uid  has  ten 
fhonsand  better  gals  than  ever  slie  began  to  ho. 
If  vou  will  get  in  love  wait  till  you  get  home 
and  fall  in  lovo  like  a  Christian,  a  It 'publicau, 
and  a  Man." 

15nt  the  Senator's  words  had  no  elK'ct.  But- 
tons sat  for  a  few  moments  lost  in  thought,  iU 
length  he  roso  and  i|uii'tly  left  the  room.  It 
was  about  nine  ii\  the  morning  wlu-n  he  left. 
It  was  about  nine  in  the  evening  when  he  re- 
turned. IIo  looked  ihisfy,  fatigued,  fagged, 
and  tlejectcd.  He  had  a  long  story  to  tell,  and 
was  i|uitc  commuideative.  The  substance  vX 
it  was  this:  On  leaving  the  hotel  he  had  gone 
at  once  to  /.a  CiciCs  resilience,  and  had  re- 
([ucsted  ])ennission  to  see  her.  He  could  not 
till  twelve.  He  wanderctl  about  and  called 
again  at  that  hour.  She  was  very  amiable, 
espcc  ially  on  learning  that  he  v,-as  a  friend  of 
the  Senator,  after  whom  she  asked  v.ith  dec|i  in- 
terest.     Nothing   could   exceed    her  ad'al)ility. 


She  told  him  all  that  she  knew  about  the  Span- 
iarils.  They  wen;  stojiping  nt  tiiu  villa  of  u 
certain  fiiciul  of  hers  whom  she  named.  It  wils 
ten  milos  from  tlio  city.  The  friend  had 
bidught  them  to  the  assemldy.  It  was  but  for 
a  moment  that  she  iiad  seen  them.  She  wisliid 
for  his  sake  that  she  had  learned  more  about 
them.  She  trusted  that  he  would  succi'iil  in 
his  earnest  search.  She  sh(aild  think  that  they 
might  still  be  iu  Tloivncc,  and  if  he  went  out 
at  once  ho  ini^ht  see  ihom.  Was  this  his  fust 
visit  to  r'loreme?  How  perfectly  ho  had  the 
Tuscan  accent  ;  and  why  had  ho  not  accom- 
jianicd  his  fiieiid  the  Senator  to  lur  salon? 
lint  it  would  be  impossible  to  rejieat  all  that  Iai 
t'ii'ii  said. 

Diittons  went  out  to  tlio  villa  at  once;  .JUt 
to  his  extrcino  disgust  found  that  the  Sjianiards 
iiad  left  on  the  iirecediug  day  fca- Bologna.  Ho 
drove  aliont  the  country  for  some  distance,  rest- 
ed bis  horses,  and  took  a  hjiig  walk,  after  which 
ho  returned. 

Their  de]mrtiirc  for  Bologna  on  the  following 
mtrniug  was  a  settleil  thing.  The  diligence 
started  early.  They  had  ])ity  on  the  flesh  of 
Figgs  and  the  sjiirit  of  the  Doctor.  So  they 
bade  them  good-Tiye  on  the  evening  before  relir- 
ing. 


CHATTKU  XLVI. 


.V     MI'MOKAIII.F.     DItlVK. — M(;IIT.  — TttE    f.UIGANnS 

(INCH  Mdiii:. — liAUinM, Ill's  NA.MK. — Till:  riiii:. 

— Tlir.  IliON  llAK.— llli:  MAN  I'KOM  Till;  C.KANlili 
STAli;  AMI  HIS  TWd  IIOVS. 


,'.'\\ 


that  tho 


FAKEWEtl.,   FIGGS  ! 


"Till';  great  beauty  of  this 
pistol  is  a  little  improvement 
that  I  have  rot  seen  before."' 

And  Dick  jiroccoded  to  ex- 
plain. 

"Hero  is  the  chamlier  with 
the  six  cavities  loaded.  Xow, 
you  see,  when  you  wish,  you 
touch  this  sjiring  and  out  jiops 
the  butt." 

"  Well  ?" 

"  Vciy  well.  Hero  I  have 
another  chamber  with  six  car- 
tridges. It's  loaded,  the  car- 
tridges arc  covered  with  cojijicr 
and  have  detonating  powder  at 
one  end.  As  quick  as  light- 
ning I  put  this  on,  and  there  you 
have  the  jjistol  ready  to  bo  tired 
again  six  times."' 

"  So  vou  have  twelve  shots  ?"' 

"Yes." 

"And  cartridges  to  sjiare?" 

"The  Doctor  gave  me  all  that 
lie  hail,  about  si.vty,  I  should 
think." 

"Yon  have  enough  to  face  a 
whole  army — " 

"I'recisely — and  in  my  co.it- 
pncket." 

'J'Ids  conversation   took  place 


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I  1 


aiiioiit;    llic 


ill  flio  Imnquotto  of  ilio  dilijicnco  tlint  convoyed  road,  nnj  tlicy  will  try  to  mako  Iiiiy  while  ilm 
Dick.  lJiitt(j|is,  ami  tiiu  Senator  from  Klorcncu  sun  .sliiiics.  I  linvo  no  <loul)t  wouiil  he  stci|  |  cd 
to  IJoloj'iia.     A  loiijj  ])art  of  t lie  journey  liad    half  a  do/.eti  tiiiies  lieforo  \vc  jjet  to  noloj:ii:i." 

"  I  !>hoi:lcl  think,"  said  tlio  Senator,  iiidij:- 
naiitly,  '•  that  if  tliesu  chajis  niidertake  to  f.'ii\- 
ern  the  country — these  rejiuhlican  chajis— thev 
had  oiifiht  to  (govern  it.  What  kind  of  «  way 
is  this  to  luavi!  huljiless  travoUcis  at  the  mercy 
of  cnt-throats  and  assassins?" 

•'They  think,"  said  IJattons,  "  that  their  first 
duty  is  to  secure  independence,  and  after  that 


lu'cn    jiassed    over.     'I'hcy    were 
mountains. 

'•  Do  yon  expect  to  use  that?"  asked  the  Sen- 
ator, cardesslv. 

"I  do." 

"  You  hclievc  these  stories  then?" 

"Yes ;  don't  you?" 

"Certainly."'" 

"  So  do  I,"  said  Bnttons.     "I  could  not  pet  they  will  promote  order." 
n  jiistol ;  hut  I  pit  this  fioui  an  aci|tuiintauce."         "The  Florentines  arc  a  (ineiico]de— a  iieoplo 

And  he  drew  from  his  pocket  an  enormous  of  reniarkahle  'cnteness  and  iienetnitioii  ;  hut  it 

bowie-knife.  seems  to  me  that  they  arc  taking  things  easy  as 

"  JJowie-kuivcs  are  no  pood,"  said  the  Sena-  far  as  fiphtinp  is  concerned.     Tliey  don't  ^•.•;.d 

tor.     "  I'erhaps  they  may  do  if  you  want  to  as-  their  soldiers  to  the  war,  do  they  ?" 
sassinate;    hut   for    nothing    else.     You    can't         "  Well,  no  ;  I  snpjiose  they  think  their  army 

defend   y(mrsidf.       1  never  liked  it.      It's  not  may  he  needed  nearer  home.     The  Grand  l)id<u 

American.     It's  not  the  direct  result  of  our  free  has  lonp  arms  yet ;  ami  knows  how  to  hrihe." 

insiituiioiis."  ;      l{y  this  time  they  were  aninnp  the  mountain 

"What  have  you  then?    Yon  arc  not  going  forests  where  the  scenery  was  prandcr,  the  air 

unarmed."  cooler,  the  sky  darker,  than  lieforo.      It   was 

"This,"  said  tlio  Senator.  late  in  the  day,  and  every  mile   increased  the 

And  he  lifted  up  a  crow-har  from  the  front  wildness  of  the  himlscaiK!  and  the,  thickness  of 

(  f  the  coach.     l?raiidishinp  it  in  the  air  as  eas-  the  ploom.      l-'urther  and  further,  on  they  went 

ily  as  an  ordinary  man   woiffd  swinp  a  walk-  till  at  last  they  came  to  a  wiiuiinp-jdace  where 

iug-stick,  he  looked  cahuly   at   his   astonished  the  road  ciuleil  at  a  ptdly  over  which  there  was 

companions.  a   hridpo.       On   the   hridpe   was    a    harricade. 

"You    see,"   said   he,    "there    are     several  They  did  not  see  it  until  they  had  made  a  turn 

reasons  why  this  sort  of  tiiinp  is  the  hest  weajioii  where  the  road  wound,  where  at  once  the  scene 

for  me.      A  short  knit'e  is  no  use.     A  sword  is  hurst  on  their  view. 


no  pood,  for  I  don't  know  the  sword  exer- 
cise. A  pun  is  W(n-thless ;  1  would  tiro  it 
oil" once  and  then  have  to  use  it  as  a  dub.  It 
would  then  he  ajit  to  break.  That  would  be  dis- 
agreeable— especially  in  the  middle  (-f  a  fight. 


The  leaders  reared,  the  postillions  swore,  the 
driver  snajijuHl  his  whi|)  furiously.  'J'he  pas- 
sengers in  "coupe,"  "rotomie,'  and  '' iiiteri- 
eure  "  iioi)]ied  out  their  heads,  the  passengers  on 
the  "bamiuette"  stared,  until  at  last,  just  as  the 


A  stick  tir  club  of  any  kind  would  be  open  to  postillions  were  (lismoiiniing  to  reconnoiire, 
the  same  objection,  What,  then,  is  the  weaiion  twelve  lipiires  rose  up  from  behind  the  barricade, 
for  me  ?  Look  at  me.  I  am  big,  strong,  and  indistinct  in  the  ploom,  and  bringing  their 
active.  I  have  no  skill.  I  am  brute  strength,  ritles  to  their  shoulders  took  aim. 
So  a  club  is  my  only  weapon — a  club  that  The  driver  yelled,  the  ](ostillions  shouted, 
won't  break.  Say  iron,  then.  There  you  have  the  passengers  shrieked.  The  three  men  in  the 
it."  bantiuettc  j)re])arcd  for  a   fight.      Suddenly  a 

And  the  Senator  swung  the  ponderous  bar  loud  voice  was  heard  from  behind.  They 
around  in  a  way  that  showed  the  wisdom  of  his  looked.  A  number  of  Jiien  stood  fhcre,  and 
choice.  several  more  were  lea])iiig  out  from  the  thick 

"You  are  about  right,"  said  Buttons.  "  I  woods  on  the  right.  'J'hey  were  suridunded. 
venture  to  say  you'll  do  as  much  mischief  with  At  length  one  of  the  men  came  forward  from  be- 
that   as   Dick   will   with   his   ])istol.     I'erhajis    hind. 

iiKjre.     As  for  me,  I  don't  expect  to  do  much.  [      "Yon  arc  at  our  mercy,"  said  he.      "Who- 
Still,  if  the  worst  comes,  I'll  try  to  do  what  I  ;  ever  pives  uj)  his  money  may  go  free,     ^^■ho- 

ever  resists  dies.     Doycai  hear  ?'' 

Meanwhile  the  three  men  in  the  banquette 
had  ))iled  some  trunks  around,  and  jireparcd  to 
resist  till  the  last  extremity.  Dick  was  to  lire  ; 
Buttons  to  keep  each  sjjare  butt  loaded  ;  the 
Senator  to  use  his  crow-bar  on  the  heads  of  any 
assailants.  They  waited  in  silence.  They 
heard  the  brigands  rummaging  through  ihc 
coach   below,  the    jirayers   of  tiie   passengers. 


can. 

"We  may  not  li.ive  to  use  them,"  said  the 
Senator.     "  AVho  are  below  ?" 

"Below?' 

"In  the  coach?" 

"Italians." 

"Women?" 

"  No.  all  men.  Two  priests,  three  shoji-kcep- 
er-lookiiig  persons,  and  a  soldier.'' 


"Ah  I  Why,  we  ought  to  be  comparatively  their  ai)iK;als  for  ]iity,  their  groans  at  being  coni- 
safe."  jjclled  to  give  u])  every  thing. 

"  Oh,  our  number  is  not  any  thing.  The  '■  "The  cowards  don't  deserve  pity!"  cried  the 
country  is  in  a  state  of  anarcliy.  Miserable  Senator.  "  There  are  enough  to  pet  up  a  good 
devils  of  half-starved  Italians  swarm  along  the    resistance.     W'c'U  show  fight,  anyhow  I" 


^-— . 


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AVho- 


IN   TIIK  COACH. 


ScniTt'ly  Iifiil  lio  s])(ikc  \\\\cn  tliroo  or  four 
h'jails  ii|)]R'iircd  iihovc  tlio  cd^a  of  the  coai'li. 

"  Haste  !— your  money  I"  said  one. 

"Sto])!"  s;ii(l  15iitt(ins.  "  Tliis  gentleman 
is  tlic  American  I'lenipotiMUiai-y  Extraordinary, 
wlio  lias  jnst  eonie  from  Florence,  and  is  on  his 
way  to  eoinmunicate  witli  (iarilialdi." 

"  Garibaldi  1"  cried  the  man,  in  a  tone  of 
deep  respect. 

"Yes,"  said  nultnns,  who  had  not  iniscalen- 
lated  the  effect  of  that  mighty  name.  "  Jf  yoit 
harm  us  or  ]ilai'.(ler  ns  you  will  have  to  settle 
your  account  uith  (iarihaldi — that's  all  I" 

The  man  was  silent.  Tiicn  he  leajied  down, 
and  in  another  moment  another  man  came. 

"Wiiich  is  the  American  IMcnipotentiary 
E.xtraordinary  ?" 

"  He,"  s:iid  Buttons,  pointinfr  to  the  Senator. 

"Ah  I  I  know  him.  It  is  the  same.  I  saw 
him  at  his  reception  in  Florence,  and  helped  to 
pull  his  carriage." 

The  Senator  calmly  eyed  the  brigand,  who 
had  respectfully  taken  off  his  hat. 

"  So  you  are  going  to  communicate  with 
Garibaldi  at  once.  Go  in  peace  !  Gentlemen, 
every  one  of  us  fought  under  Garibaldi  at  Home. 
Ten  year.s  ago  he  disbanded  a  large  number  of 
u.s  among  those  mountains.  I  have  the  honor  to 
inform  you  that  ever  since  that  time  I  have  got 
my  living  out  of  the  public,  especially  those  in 
the  service  of  the  Government.  Y'ou  are  diU'er- 
ent.  I  like  you  because  you  arc  Americans.  I 
like  you  still  better  because  you  arc  friends  of 
Garibaldi.  Go  in  iwace  !  Svhon  you  see  the 
General  toll  him  Giuglio  JIalvi  sends  his  re- 
spects.'' 

And  the  man  left  them.  In  about  a  quarter 
('f  an  hour  the  barricade  was  removed,  and  the 
passengers  resumed  their  scats  with  lighter 
purses  but  heavier  hearts.  The  diligence  start- 
ed, and  once  more  went  thundering  along  the 
mountain  road. 

'^  I  don't  believe  we've  seen  the  last  of  these 
scoundrels  yet,    said  Buttons. 

♦'  Nor  I,"  said  Dick. 


A  general  conversation  followed.  Il  wm« 
late,  and  but  few  things  were  visible  along  tlio 
road.  About  two  hours  passed  away  without 
any  occiu'i'cnce. 

"  Look  I"  cried  Dick,  suddenly. 

They  looked.  About  a  (piarter  of  a  mile 
nhcail  a  dcei>  red  glow  arose  above  the  forest, 
illumining  the  sky.  The  windings  of  tiie  road 
jircventcd  them  from  seeing  the  cause  of  it. 
The  driver  was  startled,  but  evidently  thought 
it  was  no  more  dangerous  to  go  on  than  to  stop. 
So  he  liished  u])  his  horses  and  set  them  oil'  at 
a  furious  gallop.  The  rumlile  of  the  jionderons 
wliccls  shut  out  all  other  sounds.  As  they  ad- 
vanced the  light  grew  more  vivid. 

"  I  shouldn't  wonder,"  said  the  Senator,  "  if 
we  have  another  barricade  here.  Be  ready, 
boys  I      Wo  won't  get  olf  so  easily  this  time." 

The  other  two  said  not  a  word.  On,  and  on. 
The  re])ort  of  a  gun  suddenly  roused  all.  'J'lio 
driver  lashed  bis  horses.  The  jiostillions  took 
the  butts  of  their  riding-whips  and  jieltcd  the 
animals.  The  road  took  a  turn,  and,  jmssing 
this,  a  strange  scene  burst  upon  their  sigiit. 

A  wide,  open  space  on  the  road-side,  a  col' 
lection  of  beams  across  the  road,  the  sluulowy 
forms  of  about  thirty  men,  and  the  whole  sceno 
dimly  lighted  by  a  smouldering  (ire.  As  it 
blazed  uji  a  little  the  smoke  rolled  oil' and  they 
saw  an  overturned  carriage,  two  horses  tied  to 
a  tree,  and  two  men  with  their  hands  bound 
beiiind  them  lying  on  the  ground. 

A  voice  rang  out  through  t!ie  stillness  which 
for  a  moment  followed  the  sudden  stojjjiage  of 
the  coach  at  the  harrier.  There  came  a  wail 
from  the  frightened  passengers  within — cries 
for  mercy — piteous  entreaties. 

"Silence,  fools!"  roared  the  same  voice, 
which  seemed  to  be  that  of  the  leader. 

"  Wait !  wait !"  said  the  Seimtor  to  hi.-;  com- 
panions.    "  Let  me  give  the  word." 

A  crowd  of  men  advanced  to  the  dilligence, 
and  ns  they  left  the  fire  Buttons  saw  three  fig- 
ures left  behind — two  women  and  a  man.  They 
did  not  move.     But   suddenlv  a   loud   shriek 


f; 


i:( 


TIIK  nonCK  CLUIl;  OU.  ITALY  I\  MPCCCriX'. 

At  thu  sliiiL'k 


1!  ■^' 


■j!^ 


■I  ,  ':l.! 


f 


liii"  t  fi'om  niio  of  tliu  ^onicii 

i;;.r!oiin  lioinlilcil. 

' '  'I'ho  Spaiiiui'dii !    It  is !    I  know  tlio  voice ! 

Mv  God!'' 

Ill  im  instant  Dtittons  was   down  on   tliu 

)tioii!)il  iiiid  in  tlio  midst  of  tliu  crowd  of  lirij,'- 

iii   !■  who  sun'oiindi'd  tlic  coach. 

Hiinj,' I  liaii;,'!  hanj;  !      It  was  not  tlic  guns  of 

t!:.'  Iiii;^iinils,  Ijiit  Dick's  ]iist<d  that  now  spoke, 

and  its  n!)iort  was  tlic  si;,'nal  of  dcatii  to  tlircc 

men  wlio  rolled  upon  the  ground  in  their  last 

(i;:onics.      As  tliu  third   report  hurst  forth  the 

Niiator  hiirleil  himself  down  upon    the  heads 

I't'  those    hclow.     'i'liD  action    of  IJuttons   had 

lii'dicn  iij)  all  their  plans,  rendered  ]iarley  ini- ^ 

p.!>«ii)le,  and  left  notiiiiit'  for  ihein  to  do  hut  to 

fxiiow  him  and  save  him.     The  brigands  rushed 

al  tluMii  with  a  yell  of  fury. 

"  Death  to  them  !     Dcatli  to  tlicin  nil !     No 

(liiartiM'  I'' 

•'  Help!"  cried  Huttons.     ••  l'assen:;crs,  we 

ar''  ariiicil  I     'We  can  save  oursc  Ives  1" 

lint  the  jiassenKcrs,  ha\in(»  already  lost  their 

iii'iiiey,  now  feared  to  lose  their  lives.     Not  one 

r"<pondcd.      All  ahout  the  coach  the  scene  hc- 

(Miiie  one   of  terrible  confiisiun.       Uuns  were 

tired,  blows  fell  ill  c\ery  direction.     Tlie  dark- 

ne-s,  but  faintly  illiiiiiinated  by  the  fitful  (ire- 

li;^bt,  ja'eventcd  the  brigands  from  distinguisb- 

iii;-'  their  enemies  very  clearly — a  circuiiistatico 

wliicli  favored  the  little  band  of  Americans.         | 
The  brigands  fiicd  at  the  coai  h,  and  tried  to 

lireak  o]ien  the  doors.       Inside  the  coach  the 

)).issen;;ors,  frantic  with    fear,  sought    to  make 

tlieir  voices  beard  amid  the  iijiroar.     They  be^- 

li-'d    for  mercy;    they   ileclared    they   had   no    iifiainst  the  l'()ie-i}art  of  the  diligence,  and  the 

money;  they   had  already   licen    robbed;    they    liii^;hty  arm  whose  strength  had  been  so  jirovcii 

would  nive  all  that  was  left;  they  winild  .■■ur-    at  I'erii>;ia  was  now  descending  n^;aiii  with  ir. 

render  if  only  their  lives  were  spared.  resistible  f(avo  iii)on  the  heads  of  his  a>!-ailai;ts. 

'•And,  oh!   good  Americans,  yield,  yield,  or    All  this  was  the  wiu'k  of  but  a  few  minutes. 

we  all  die!"  I5iittoiis   coiiUl  not   be  seen,      l^ick's   jirejiari!- 

•' Americans?"  screamed  several  ]iassionatc    lions  were  made.      For  a  monicnt  he  waiidlfur 

voices.      '•Death  to  the  Americans!      Dcatli  to    a  favorable  chance  to  get  down.     He  coiilii  iint 

all  foreigners  !"  |  stay  up  there  any  lonyer.      lie  mu,-t  standby 

Those  bandits  were  unlike  the  last.  ]  the  Senator. 

Seated  in  the  banijuctte  Dick  surveyed  the  i  There  stood  the  Senator,  his  giant  form  tower- 
scene,  while  himself  concealed  frcnn  view,  ing  nj)  amidst  the  melee,  his  muscular  arms 
Calmly  he  i)ickcd  out  man  after  man  and  fired,  wielding  the  enormous  iron  bar,  bis  astolii^lling 
As  they  tried  to  climb  'ij)  the  diligence,  or  to  strength  increased  ti'iifnld  by  iIk!  excitement  of 
force  oi)en  the  door,  they  fell  back  howling,  the  fight.  He  never  spoke  a  word. 
(Jnc  man  bad  the  door  jiaitly  broken  open  by  One  after  another  tla;  brigands  went  down 
furious  blows  with  the  butt  of  his  gun.  Dick  before  the  awful  descent  of  that  iron  bar.  They 
fired.  The  ball  entered  bis  arm.  He  shrieked  dung  together;  they  yelled  in  fury;  they  threw 
with  rage.  \Vitli  his  other  arm  he  seized  his  themselves  en  iikis.sc  against  the  Senator.  He 
{run,  and  again  his  blows  fell  crashing.  In  an-  met  them  as  a  rock  meets  a  hiiiulred  waves, 
other  instant  a  ball  jiasscd  into  his  brain.  The  remorseless  iron  bar  fell  only  with  reiloubled 

'•Two  shots  wasted  on  one  man  I  Too  fary.  They  raised  their  clulihcd  muskets  in 
much!"  muttered  Dick;  and  taking  aim  again  the  air  and  struck  at  him.  (Jne  sweep  of  the 
he  iircd  at  a  fellow  who  was  just  leaping  nji  the  iron  bar  and  the  muskets  were  dashed  out  of 
other  side.     The  wretch  fell  cursing.  !  their   hands,  broken   or   bent,  to   the   ground. 

Again  !  again  !  again  !  Swiftly  Dick's  shots  They  fired,  but  from  their  wild  e.xciteinciit  their 
flashed  around.  He  had  now  but  one  left  in  aim  was  useless.  In  the  darkness  they  struck 
his  ])istol.  Hurriedly  he  filled  the  spare  cham-  at  or.e  another.  One  by  one  the  niiinber  of 
her  with  si.x  cartridges,  and  taking  out  the  oth-  his  assailants  lessened — they  grew  more  furious 
er  be  filled  it  and  placed  it  in  again.  He  looked  but  less  bold.  They  fell  back  -^  little  ;  but  the 
down,  fc'cnator  advanced  as  they  retired,  guarding  his 


A  hii;k  FiiiiiT. 

There  was  the  Senator.  More  than  tv.mty 
nun  suiroiiuded  him,  firing,  swearing,  striking, 
shrieking,  rushing  forward,  trying  to  tenr  him 
from    bis    post.      For  he    had    jdanted   biiuself 


THE  DODGK  CLUD;  Oil,  ITALY  IN  SIDCCCLIX. 


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~:>-^^.^^>l 


POn'T  BPi'.AK, 


;-f2^ 


^'i 


own  rct;c;if,  \r.\t  still  s,vin?i!i;r  liis  iron  bar  with 
uiidiniiiiisli 'il  stren;;tli.  Tla;  prixtrato  forms 
of  11  ilo/.cii  men  lay  iiroiinil.  Aj-ain  they  rushoil 
at,  liim.  The  voice  of  their  leader  ciicourrt;,'ed 
them  and  slmmed  tlicir  fears.  Ho  was  a  stout, 
juiwerfal  man.  armed  witli  a  knife  and  ii  (inn. 

"('Dwar.'is!  kill  till"!  (in- 1  Thi-:  istlieonel 
All  the  rest  will  vield  if  wo  kill  him.  For- 
ward!" 

That  moment  Dick  leaped  to  tlic  pround. 
The  next  instant  the  bri^xands  leajied  ui)on 
them.     Tiic  two  were  lost  in  the  crowd. 

Twelve  rojjorts,  one  after  the  other,  rang  into 
the  fiir.  Dick  did  not  fire  till  the  muzzle  of 
his  pistol  was  against  his  enemy's  breast.  The 
darkness,  now  deejier  tlian  ever,  jircvented  him 
f:-oni  beint;  distinctly  seen  by  the  furious  crowd, 
who  thouf^ht  only  of  the  Senator.  Hut  now  the 
fire  shootinj;  uj)  brit;htly  at  the  sudden  breath 
of  il  strong  wind  tiircw  a  lurid  light  iiiion  the 
S'.'cne. 

There  stood  Dick,  his  clothes  torn,  his  face 
covered  wiili  blood,  his  last  charge  gone.  There 
stood  the  Senator,  his  face  blackened  with  smoke 
and  ilnst,  and  red  with  blood,  his  colossal  form 
erect,  and  still  the  ponderous  bar  swung  on  high 
to  f.ill  as  terribly  as  ever.  Before  him  were 
eight  men.  Diek  saw  it  all  in  an  instant.  He 
screamed  to  the  passengers  in  the  diligence  : 

"There  are  only  eight  left  I  Come  I  Help 
r.s  take  them  ]>risoners  I     Ilastc  I" 

The  cowards  in  the  diligence  saw  how  thinpjs 
wore.  They  plucked  up  courage,  and  at  the 
call  of  Dick  jumped  out.  The  leader  of  the 
brigands  was  before  Diek  with  U]jlifted  rifle. 
Dick  Hung  his  pistol  at  his  head.  The  brigand 
drew  back  and  felled  Dick  senseless  to  the 
ground.  The  next  moment  the  Senator's  arm 
descended,  and,  with  his  licad  broken  by  the 
blow,  the  robber  fell  dead. 

As  though  the  fall  of  Dick  had  given  him 
fresh  fury,  the  Senator  sjirang  after  the  others. 
Blow  after  blow  fell.  They  were  struck  down 
helplessly  as  thoy  ran.  At  this  moment  the 
passengers,  snatching  up  the  arms  of  the  pros- 


trnto  bandits,  nssnnlted  those  who  yet  remained. 
They  fled.  The  Senator  pursued — long  enough 
to  give  each  one  a  ])artiMg  blow  hard  enough  to 
make  him  remember  't  for  a  month.  'When  hci 
rctm'ned  the  passeng<'rs  were  gathering  aroinul 
the  conch,  with  the  driver  and  )p()stilli(jns,  wiio 
had  thus  f.ir  hidden  themselves,  and  were  eager- 
ly looking  at  the  dead. 

"  Otl'l"  cried  the  Senator,  in  an  awful  voice — 
*'  Oil"!  yon  white-livered  sneaks  I  Let  me  find 
my  two  boys!'' 


CIIArTEll  XLVII. 
HAD  nufiSES,  lU'T  GOOD  Mf.sns. — THi;  ni>\o[;.v- 

I     DLE  SCAUS  OF  DlCIi. — A  KNOWLEDGE  OV  HONE;'' 

Tin:  Senator  searched  long  and  anxiously 
among  the  fallen  bantlits  for  those  wiiom  he  af- 
fectionately called  his  "  boys."  Dick  was  (ir.st 
found.     lie  was  senseless. 

!      The  Senator  carried  him  to  the  fire.    lie  saw 

'  two  ladies  and    a  gentleman    standing   there. 

■  Hurriedly  he  called  on  them  and  jiointcd  to 
Diek.  'I'he  gentleman  raised  his  arms.  They 
were  bound  tightly.     The  ladies  also  were  so- 

'  cured  in  a  similar  manner.  The  Senator  (|uick- 
ly  cut  the  cords  from  the  gentleman,  who  in  his 
turn  snatched  the  knife  and  freed  the  iailies, 
and  then  went  to  care  for  Diek. 

The  Senator  then  ran  back  to  seek  for  But- 
tons. 

'      The  pcntlcmnn  flung  a  quantity  of  dry  brush 

'  on  the  fire,  which  at  once  bl,t,;c'l  up  and  tinxMv 
a  bright  light  over  the  icene.  \i"anwliilc  the 
passengers  were  looking  anxiously  around  as 
though  they  drcadetl  a  new  attack.  Some  of 
them  had  been  wounded  inside  the  coach  and 

[  were  groaning  and  cursing. 

}  The  Senator  searched  for  a  long  time  in  vain. 
At  last  at  the  bottom  of  a  hea])  of  fallen  brig- 
ands, whom  the  Senator  had  knocked  over,  he 
found  Buttons.       His   face  and  clothes  were 

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as  tlioiigh  by  nn  explosion,  Iiis  arm  was  broken 
and  hung  loosely  as  the  Senator  lifted  him  up. 
I"',  a  moiiicnl  '  c  thought  that  it  was  all  over 
with  ;:iin. 

He  carried  him  toward  the  fire.  The  ap- 
pearance of  the  young  man  was  terrible.  He 
beckoned  to  one  of  the  hidies.  The  lady  nji- 
proached.  One  look  at  the  yoimg  man  and 
tlic  next  instant,  witii  a  heart-rending  moan, 
siic  lliiii^'  herself  on  her  knees  by  liis  side. 

"The  Sj)aniard!"  said  tlie  Senator,  recog- 
nizing her  fur  the  first  time.  "All!  he'll  be 
taken  care  of  then." 

Tlicre  was  a  brook  near  by,  and  iie  hurried 
there  for  water.  There  was  nothing  to  carry  it 
in,  so  he  took  his  beaver  hat  and  filled  it.  lie- 
turning,  he  dashed  it  vigorously  in  Buttons's 
f.iee.  A  faint  sigli,  a  gas]),  and  the  young  man 
feebly  opened  Iiis  eyes.  Litcnse  pain  forced  a 
groan  from  liini.  In  tlie  hasty  gktncc  that  he 
threw  around  he  saw  tlie  face  of  Ida  Fianeia  as 
she  bent  over  him  bathing  his  brow,  her  face 
})a]o  ns  death,  her  hand  treml)ling,  and  her 
eyes  filled  with  tears.  The  sight  seemed  to 
alleviate  liis  jiain.  A  faint  smile  crossed  his 
lijis.     lie  half  raised  himself  toward  her. 

"I've  found  you  at  last,"  lie  said,  and  that 
was  all. 

At  this  .abrupt  address  a  burning  flush  passed 
over  the  face  and  neck  of  the  young  girl.  She 
bent  down  her  head.  Her  tears  flowed  faster 
tlian  ever. 

"Don't  speak,"  slie  said;  "you  arc  in  too 
much  pain." 

8hc  was  right,  for  the  next  moment  Buttons 
foil  back  exhausted. 

The  Senator  drew  a  flask  from  his  pocket  and 
motioned  to  the  young  girl  to  give  some  to  But- 
tons ;  and  then,  thinking  that  the  attention  of 
the  Seuorita  would  be  far  Ijetter  than  his,  he 
hurried  away  to  Dick. 

So  well  liad  he  been  treated  l(y  the  Don 
(whom  the  reader  lias  of  course  already  recog- 
nized) that  be  was  now  sitting  up,  leaning 
against  the  driver  of  the  diligence,  who  was  mak- 
ing amends  for  his  cowardice  during  tlie  fight 
by  kind  attention  to  Dick  after  it  was  over. 

"My  dear  boy,  I  saw  you  had  no  bones 
broken  said  the  Senator,  "  ami  knew  you  were 
all  right;  so  I  devoted  my  first  attention  to 
Buttons.     How  do  you  feel  ?" 

"Better,"  said  Dick,  jiressing  the  honest 
hand  which  the  Senator  held  out.  "Better; 
but  how  is  Buttons  ?" 

"Recovering.  But  he  is  terribly  bruised, 
and  his  arm  is  broken." 

"His  arm  broken!  Boor  Buttons,  what'll 
he  do?" 

"  Well,  my  boy,  I'll  try  what  /  can  do.  I've 
sot  an  arm  before  now\  In  om-  region  a  neces- 
sary part  of  a  good  education  was  settin'  bones." 

Dick  was  wounded  in  several  places.  Leav- 
ing the  Don  to  attend  to  him  the  Senator  took 
his  knife  and  hurriedly  tnade  some  sjilints. 
Tiion  getting  his  valise,  be  tore  up  two  or  three 
of  his  shirts.     Armed  with  these  he  returned  tu 


Buttons.     The  Seuorita  saw  the  preparations, 
and,  weeping  bitterly,  slie  retired. 

"  Your  arm  is  bniken,  my  jioor  lad,"  said  the 
Senator.  "  Will  \./.i  let  nie  ii.x  it  fur  you  ?  I 
can  do  it." 

"Can  you?  Oii,  then,  I  im  all  right!  I 
was  afraid  I  would  have  to  wait  till  1  got  to 
Bologna." 

"It  would  be  a  pretty  bad  arm  by  the  time 

yon  got  there,  I  guess,"  said  the  Senator.    '•  But 

come — no  time  must  be  lust." 

I      His   sim])Ie  ]>iv]iarations   were   se(;n    made. 

Ijiittons  saw  that  he  knew  what  he  was  about. 

A  few  moments  of  excessive  pain,  which  forced 

:  ill-sujipressed  moans  from  the  suilerer,  and  the 

:  work  was  done. 

I      After  taking  a  sip  from  the  flask  both  But- 
j  tons  and  Dick  felt  very  much  stronger.      Uii 
,  questioning  the  driver  they  found  that  I5ologiia 
I  was  not  more  than  twenty  miles  away.     The 
j  jiassengers   were  busily  engaged   in   removing 
J  the  barricade.     It  was  decided  that  an  imme- 
diate dejiarture  was  absolutely  necessary.     At 
the  suggestion  of  Dick,  the  driver,  ]iostillions, 
and  ]iassengers  armed  themselves  wiili  guns  of 
the  fallen  brigands. 

The  severest  wound  which  Dick  bad  was  on 
his  head,  which  had  been  almost  laid  o]>en  by 
a  terrific  blow  from  the  gun  of  the  robber  chief. 
He  had  also  wounds  on  dilVercnt  ])arts  of  his 
body.  Buttons  bad  more.  These  the  Senator 
bound  nj)  with  such  skill  that  he  declared  him- 
self ready  to  resnnie  his  journey.  Upon  this 
the  Don  insisted  on  laking  him  into  his  own 
carriage.      Buttons  did  not  refuse. 

At  length  they  all  started,  the  diligence 
ahead,  the  Don  following.  On  the  way  the 
Don  told  Buttons  how  he  had  fared  on  the 
road.  He  had  loft  Florence  in  a  hired  ciirriage 
the  da\'  before  the  diligence  had  left.  He  Inul 
heard  nothing  of  the  dangers  of  the  road,  and 
sus])ected  nothing.  Shortly  after  entering  the 
mountain  district  they  had  been  stojiped  and 
robbed  of  all  their  money.  Still  he  kejit  on, 
thinking  that  there  was  no  further  danger.  To 
his  horror  they  were  stop])ed  again  at  the  bridge, 
where  the  brigands,  vexed  at  not  getting  any 
money,  took  all  their  baggage  and  let  them  go. 
They  went  on  fearfully,  every  moment  dread- 
ing some  new  misadventure.  At  length  their 
worst  fears  were  realized.  At  the  place  where 
the  fight  had  occurred  they  were  stop])ed  and 
dragged  from  their  carriage.  The  brigands 
were  savage  at  not  getting  any  jjlunder,  aiui 
swore  they  would  hold  them  prisoners  till  they 
procured  a  ransom,  which  they  fixed  at  three 
thousand  piastres.  This  was  about  four  in  the 
afternoon.  They  overturned  the  coach,  kin- 
dled a  fire,  and  waited  for  the  diligence.  They 
knew  the  rest. 

Buttons,  seated  next  to  Ida  Francia,  forgot 
his  suflerings.  ^Meanwhile  Dick  and  the  Sen- 
ator resumed  their  old  seats  on  the  banquette. 
After  a  while  the  Senator  relajised  into  a  fit  of 
musing,  and  Dick  fell  aslee]). 

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plain  cnrp  iiviro,  only  a  few  miles  from  IJo- 
l();,'im.  Fill'  alu'iul  they  saw  tlie  lofty  Lciininj; 
Tower  tliiit  forms  so  toiisiiicuous  an  objeet  iti 
the  tine  old  city.  iJiulv  iiwakcd,  and  on  look- 
inij;  lit  the  Senator  was  shocked  to  sec  liiiu  very 
pale,  witli  an  c.\i)rcssioii  of  pain,  lie  hurried- 
ly asked  the  canse. 

"  AVliy,  tlie  fact  is,  after  tlie  excitement  of 
fiKhtiu'  and  slaiit^hterin'  and  seeiu'  to  you  chajis 
was  oxer  I  found  tiiat  I  was  covered  witli 
wounds.  One  of  my  fmgers  is  broken.  I  have 
tliree  bullet  wounds  in  my  left  arm,  one  iu  my 
ri^'ht,  a  stab  of  a  dirk  in  my  riglit  thi),di,  and  a 
terrible  bruise  on  my  left  knee.  I  tiiink  tliat 
(ome  I'ellow  must  liavo  ])assed  a  tlnfZf:;er  tlirou^h 
my  left  foot,  for  tliere  is  a  cut  in  tiic  leatlior, 
my  slioe  is  full  of  blood,  and  it  hurts  dreadful. 
It's  my  o])inion  tluit  tlie  Doil^jo  Club  will  be 
laid  up  in  Bologny  for  a  fortnight. — Hallo!" 

The  Senator  liad  heard  a  cry  behind,  and 
looked  out.  SoniethinK  startled  lain.  Dick 
looked  also. 

The  Don's  oarriafje  was  in  roul'usion.  The 
two  Seiioritas  were  standing;  "i'  in  the  carria^^e 
wringiiii;;  tlieir  iiands.  'i"he  Dm  was  support- 
ing Buttons  in  Ids  arms.  He  had  fainted  a 
second  time. 


CilAl'TEK  XLVIII. 

SrFrr.iiJNTr  wn  skntimhnt  at  noi.ixiXA. — moon- 
mum;.— ii::oT  DAi.M  ron  WOUNDS. 

TiiKY  all  put  uj)  at  tlio  same  hotol.  Buttons 
was  carried  in  senseless,  and  it  was  loufr  before 
lie  revived,  'i'he  Senator  and  Dick  were  ijuiie 
exhausted — stiif  with  fiUinue,  still' with  wounds. 

There  was  one  thing,  however,  which  made 
their  i)rcsciit  situaticm  nnn-e  endurable.  The 
war  in  Lonibardy  made  furtlicr  jn'oRress  im- 
possible. They  could  not  be  jicrmitted  to  jiass 
the  liorders  into  \'euetia.  Even  if  they  had 
been  ];erfect!y  well  they  would  have  been  com- 
pelled to  wait  there  for  a  time. 

The  city  was  iu  a  ferment.  The  delight 
which  the  citizens  felt  at  their  now-found  free- 
dom was  minified  with  a  dasli  of  anxiety  about 
the  result  of  the  war.  For,  in  spite  of  Solferino, 
it  was  probable  that  the  tide  of  victory  would 
be  hurled  back  from  the  Qmidrilateral.  Still 
they  kept  up  their  spirits;  aud  the  joy  of  their 
licarts  fouud  vent  in  songs,  music,  juocessions, 
li!)nian  candles.  To.  Dciims,  sky-rockets,  volleys 
of  cannon,  masses,  jjublie  meetings,  jiatriotic 
songs,  siicoelies,  tri-colors,  and  Italian  versions 
of  "The  Marseillaise." 

In  a  short  time  the  Senator  was  almost  as 
well  as  ever.  Not  so  Dick.  After  struggling 
heroically  for  the  first  day  against  his  jiain  he 
luccumbed,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  second 
was  unable  to  leave  his  bed. 

The  Senator  would  not  leave  him.  The 
kind  attention  which  he  had  once  before  shown 
in  Ui)me  was  now  rejieated.  He  spent  nearly 
all   his  lime  in  Dick's  room,   talking  to  him 


when  he  was  awake,  and  looking  at  him  when 
asleep.     Dick  was  touched  to  the  heart. 

The  Senator  thought  that,  without  exception, 
Bologna  was  the  best  Italian  city  that  he  had 
seen.  It  had  a  solid  look.  The  jioople  were 
not  such  cvci'histing  fools  as  the  Neajjolitans, 
the  Komans,  and  the  Florentines,  who  thought 
that  the  highest  end  of  life  was  to  make  ])ict- 
ures  and  listen  to  music.  They  devoted  their 
energies  to  an  article  of  nourishment  which  wa-; 
calculated  to  benefit  the  world.  He  alluded  to 
the  famous  /iiJo'/nd  Snii.tiii/r,  and  he  put  it  to 
Dick  seriously,  whether  the  manufaitnrc  of  a 
sausage  which  was  so  eminently  adajited  to 
sustain  life  was  not  a  far  nobler  thing  than  the 
jiroduction  of  useless  i)ictures  for  the  pampered 
tastes  of  a  bloated  aristocracy. 

^Meanwhile  Buttons  fared  differently.  If  he 
had  been  nioreatllicted  he  was  now  more  blessed. 
The  Don  seemed  to  thiidc  that  the  sull'erings  cf 
Biiitons  were  causeil  by  himself,  or,  at  any  rate, 
by  the  eagerness  of  the  young  man  to  come  to 
the  assistance  of  his  sisters.  lie  felt  grateful 
accortlingly,  and  spared  no  ])ains  to  give  him 
assistance  and  relief.  He  i)rociin'd  the  best 
medical  advice  in  the  city.  For  several  days 
the  poor  fellow  lay  in  a  very  dangerous  con- 
dition, liovering  between  life  and  death.  His 
wounds  were  numerous  and  severe,  and  the  ex- 
citement afterward,  with  the  latigue  of  the  ride, 
had  made  his  situati(m  worse.  But  a  strong 
constitution  was  on  his  side,  and  he  at  length 
was  able  to  leave  his  bed  and  his  room. 

He  was  as  |)alc  as  death,  and  woefully  ema- 
ciated.     Bat  the  society  of  the  ladies  acted  like 


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aclmrni  upon  liini ;  nnd  from  the  moment  wlicn  '  mndc  caricntnrcs  of  him.     They  sjiroad  ecnn- 
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JIo  would  have  liked  it  still  better  if  he  had 
I'con  able  to  .see  the  _voiiii{;or  sister  alone  ;   but 

iliiit  WHS  iiiijiossilile,  for  tlie  sisters  were  iusej)-  CnAPTEU  XLIX. 

:iriilile.      One    ev-fnin;;,   however,  tlie  Don  of-    citossixr.   IXTO  Tin:   knkmv's  cofXTUY. — coir- 
iVreil  to  take  (hem  tc  the  cathedral  to  see  some  |    .stkuxation  uf  the  crsruM-iiui-.sE  officehb. 
ceremony.     Ida  declined,  but  the  other  eayer- 1      TiiEJouruey  was  a  ])leasant  one.     The  Hpan- 
ly  nccoptcd.  iards  were  an  agreeable  addition  to  the  ]iarty 

So  I'uttons  for  the  first  time  in  his  life  fuiiiid  in  the  estimation  of  others  than  Buttons.  The 
liimself  alone  with  the  imiid  of  his  heart.  It  Senator  devoted  himself  itartieularh-  to  tlie  eld- 
was  a  solemn  season,  er  sister.     Indeed,  his   ac(iuaint:nice  with  J.n 

Botli  v.ero  much  embarrassed.  Buttons  Cica,  as  lie  afterward  eonfesscd,  had  piven  him 
looked  as  thon;;h  he  had  something  dreadful  ,  a  taste  fia*  forei;j;n  ladies.  He  carried  on  little 
to  tell;  the  Seilorita  as  though  she  had  sane-  conversations  with  the  Seilorita  in  broken  En- 
fhing  dreadful  to  hear.  At  length  ]5attons  ]  glish.  The  Seuorita's  English  was  ])retty,  but 
began  to  tell  the  story  of  bis  many  searches,  '  not  very  idiomatic.  The  Senator  imitate(l  her 
]iiirsiii!s,  wanderings,  etc.,  in  search  of  her,  and  English  remarkably  well,  and  no  doubt  did  it 
]iarticuhirly  his  last  search  at  Florence,  in  which  out  of  com|:liment.  lie  also  astonished  tlio 
he  had  grown  disheartened,  aiul  had  made  up  eomjiany  by  sjicaking  at  the  very  top  of  a  voice 
his  mind  to  follow  her  to  Sjiain.  At  last  ho  whose  ordinary  tune  was  far  stronger  than  com- 
came  to  the  time  when  he  caught  tip  to  them    mon. 

on  the  road.  lie  had  .seen  them  first.  His  |  Tho  journey  from  Bologna  to  Ferrara  was 
heart  told  him  that  one  of  the  ladies  was  Ida.  ■  not  diversi'ied  by  any  incident.  Buttons  was 
Then  he  had  lost  all  control  of  himself,  ami  riijiidly  regaining  his  gayety  and  his  strength, 
had  lenjied  down  to  rescue  her.  He   wore  bis   arm  in   a   sling,  it  is  true,  but 

'J'he  S]iani.sh  nature  is  an  impetuous,  a  de-  tbouglit  it  l)ctter  to  have  a  broken  arm  with  the 
monstrative,  a  fiery  nature.  The  Seiiorita  was  Sefiorita  than  a  souu''  one  without  her.  It 
a  Sjianiard.  As  Buttons  told  all  this  in  pas- ;  must  be  confessed,  ho\,  i^tcr,  that  Ids  hai)]iiness 
sionate  words,  to  which  his  ardent  love  gave  '  was  visible  not  so  much  in  lively  conversation 
resi.-tlcss  el<„i'icnce,  her  whole  manner  showed  as  in  his  flushed  cheek,  glistening  eye,  and  gen- 
tli.nt  her  heart  responded.  An  uncontrollablo  era!  air  of  ecstasy.  ISIoreover,  Ida  could  not 
excitement  filled  her  being;  her  large,  lustrous  sjieak  English  much — a  conversation  in  that 
eyes,  bright  with  the  glow  cf  the  South,  now  ;  language  was  dilHcuit,  and  they  would  not  bo 
beamed  more  luminously  through  her  tears, 
r.nd — in  short :  Buttons  felt  encouraged — and 
ventiireil  nearer — and,  almost  before  he  knew 
it  himself,  somehow  or  other,  his  arm  had  got 
round  a  slender  waist ! 

Wlule  the  Seaorita  trembled — timidly  drew 
back — and  then  all  was  still  I — excejjt,  of  course, 
whisiierings— and  broken  sentences — and  soft, 

sweet Well,  all  these  wore  brought  to  an 

abrupt  close  by  tho  return  of  the  Don  and  his 
sister. 

As  they  entered  the  room  they  saw  Buttons 
at  one  eiul,  and  the  Soriiu-ita  at  the  other.  The 
iiionnbeanis  stole  in  softly  through  the  win- 
dow. 

"  Why  did  you  not  call  for  a  light?" 

"Oh,  it  is  so  pleasant  in  the  moonshine!" 

At  the  end  of  a  few  weeks  there  came  the 
great,  tlie  unlooked-for,  the  unho])cd-for  news 
—the  I'eace  of  Villafranca!  So  war  was  over. 
Moreover,  the  road  was  open.  They  could  go 
wherever  they  wished. 

Buttons  was  now  strong  enough  to  travel. 
Dick  and  the  Senator  were  as  well  as  ever. 
The  news  of  the  I'eaeo  was  delightful  to  the 
travellers. 

Not  so,  however,  to  the  I'ologueso.  They 
railed  at  Napoleon.  They  forgot  all  that  he 
had  done,  and  taunted  him  with  what  ho  bad 
neglected  to  do.      They  iusulteil  him.      They 


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po  nulc  to  tlic  Senator  as  to  talk  Spanisli  in  Lis 
inuscncc.  The  cniiscniiciicc  was  tliat  tlie  con- 
vofsation  tlag^'od,  iuul  tlie  Senator  was  by  far 
tlic  most  talkative  member  <if  the  company,  and 
laid  out  all  bis  strength  in  broken  Kiifjlisii. 

Ferrara  was  reacbed  at  last,  and  they  )>ut  «j) 
nt  a  hotel  wliieli  bmisied  of  bavinp;  entertained 
in  its  day  any  (|nantity  of  kings,  emperors,  and 
nobles  of  every  European  nation.  It  is  an  ns- 
toni^hing  town.  Vast  sipiarcs,  all  desolate; 
Kreat  cathedrals,  emi)ty;  jiroud  palaces,  nc;,'- 
k'cted  and  ruinous;  broad  streets,  grass-grown 
and  emi)ty ;  long  rows  of  bouses,  without  in- 
habitants; it  ]iresents  tlic  sjiectade  of  a  city 
dying  without  hope  of  recovery.  The  Senator 
walked  througli  every  street  in  Ferrara,  looked 
carelessly  at  Tasso's  dungeon,  and  seemed  to 
feel  relieved  when  they  left  the  city. 

On  arriving  at  the  I'o,  which  forms  the 
boundary  between  this  district  and  Ver.etia, 
they  underwent  some  examination  from  the  au- 
thorities, but  crossed  without  accident.  I'ut  on 
the  other  side  they  found  the  Austrian  oilicials 
far  more  particular.  They  asked  a  multiplicity 
of  questions,  opened  every  trunk,  scanned  the 
jiassjiorts,  and  detained  them  long.  The  ladies 
were  annoyed  in  a  similar  manner,  and  a  num- 
ber of  Roman  and  Neapolitan  trinkets  which 
bad  passed  the  Italian  do<janas  were  now  taken 
from  them. 

Dick  had  a  valise,  both  compartments  of 
which  were  stra])]ied  down  carefully.  Under  a 
calm  exterior  be  concealed  a  throbbing  heart, 
for  in  that  valise  was  the  Doctor's  ]iistol,  upon 
which  he  relied  in  anticijiation  of  future  dan- 
gers. The  officials  oiicned  the  valise.  It  was 
apparently  a  puzzle  to  them.  They  found  but 
little  clothing.  On  the  contrary,  a  very  exten- 
sive assortment  of  articles  wrap])ed  in  paper  and 
labelled  very  neatly.  These  they  opened  one 
by  one  in  the  iirst  eomiiartment,  and  found  the 
following : 

1,Six  coliiir- ;  2,  n  brick;  3,  lump  of  lime  ;  4,  pi'bl)li!< ; 
.'),  plnsti'r;  ti,  ll^'lll■s< ;  7,l)i'.l)er;  S,  ancitlirr  In-icls ;  li.  ii  chip; 
111,  iiiori'  pl:ial('i';  11,  iiioro  lu'lics ;  I'i,  an  ink  Ijuttlc;  13, 
tliret;  piiir  stjcklug?;  14,  more  iislies;  15,  more  asluw  ; 
111,  iv  r.'ck-tic;  17,  .'\  liit  of  wooii ;  Is,  viiil;  19,  some  gras.s ; 
2  I,  tiniip  ;  'Jl,  va;;;  2'.',  Htonc;  'J3,  aiiotlipr  stone ;  24,  ?omi' 
luorn  t'riisH  ;  25,  more  pcblilcs ;  'JO,  moro  boiiui! ;  27,  pot  of 
blacking;  2S,  i>lipperb;  2'.),  more  ^touo.^;  30,  more  stones. 

The  officials  started  up  with  an  oath  apiece. 
Their  heavy  German  faces  cmifionted  Dick  with 
wrath  and  indignation,  and  every  separate  hair 
of  their  warlike  mustaches  stood  out.  How- 
ever, they  swallowed  their  rage,  and  turned  to 
the  others.  Dick  drew  a  long  breath  of  relief. 
The  jiistol  was  safe.  It  had  been  taken  a]>art 
and  each  piece  wrapped  in  jiaper  and  lal)elled. 
Had  he  carried  it  about  with  him  it  would  have 
been  taken. 

The  Senator  thought  it  was  better  to  have 
three  battles  with  brigands  than  one  encounter 
with  custoin-house  officials.  lie  bad  a  little 
store  of  specimens  of  Italian  manufactures, 
which  were  all  taken  from  him.  t)no  thing 
struck  him  forcibly,  and  that  was  the  general 
sujieriority  of  the  Austrian  over  the  Roman  side. 


'  There  was  more  thrift,  neatness,  and  apparent 
prosperity.  His  sentiments  on  this  subject  were 
embodied  in  a  letter  home,  which  he  wrote  from 
I'ndna  on  a  dreary  evening  which  they  spent 

'  there  before  starting  for  Venice: 

"If  tliin  part  of  Italy  is  opprciBPil  by  Austria,  tbcii  all 
I  can  Hay  in,  that  the  iirccrfun!  lia.s  r(11ic('/.ciI  an  imincnse 
anioiiiit  of  vej:('tnlion  out  of  the  soil.  ra!<sini;  from  the 
lloiiian  tcrritoi'icii  into  the  Austrian  is  like  i-'oiiit;  from 
ilarkiia-is  into  lit;lit,  or  from  Canada  into  thu  I'liitcil 
Slates.  Wliat  kind  of  piciple  are  tlione  who  do  bitter 
under  foreign  rule  than  native?  In  my  opinion,  the  ter- 
rilorita  of  the  Pope  are  wors(^  than  those  of  other  ruler.i  in 
Italy.  A  Spani^'h  friiinl  of  mine  tells  mi'  tleit  it  is  be- 
can."e  tlie  tlionf;bts  of  the  I'ope's  snbjecls  ari^  set  not  on  thi  ngd 
below,  but  on  things  on  high.  He  tells  \\w.  that  we've  got 
to  choose  lii'tHoen  two  nuisters — Christianity  on  the  one 
hand,  and  Manniion  on  the  otlier.  Whoever  chooses  the 
latter  will  be  destitute  of  tlie  former.  He  gives  as  exam- 
ples of  this  France,  Knglaml,  and  America,  which  coun- 
tries, though  possessed  of  the  bigliist  material  blessings, 
I  are  yet  a  prey  to  crime,  scepticism,  doiibt,  infidelity, 
heresy,  false  doctrine,  and  all  manner  of  similar  evils. 
Those  nations  which  prefer  religion  to  worldly  prosperity 
!  present  a  dilferent  scene;  and  be  points  to  Spain  and 
I  Italy— poor  in  this  world's  goods,  but  rich  in  faith— the 
\  only  evils  which  afllict  them  being  the  utigliLorhood  of 
unbelieving  nations." 


C II AFTER  L. 

vr:Nicr:  Axn  its  PECfLiAu  or.oin'. — Tiir  PODor 

Cl.ri!  COME   TO  aUIEl'  AT   LAST. — LI'  A  TliKE.— 
IN   A  NET,  ETC. 

Few  sensations  arc  so  singular  as  that  which 
the  traveller  exjierienccs  on  his  first  a]ii)roach  to 
Venice.  The  railway  jiasscs  for  miles  through 
swainjis,  jKiols,  ponds,  and  broken  mini  banks, 
till  at  length,  bnrsiing  away  altou'ethcr  I'roin  tlio 
shore,  it  inishes  directly  out  into  tiie  sea.  Away 
goes  the  train  of  cars  over  the  long  viaduct, 
and  the  traveller  within  can  scarcely  understand 
the  situation.  The  firm  and  even  roll  and  the 
thunder  of  the  wheels  tell  of  solid  ground  be- 
neath ;  but  outside  of  the  windows  on  either 
side  there  is  nothing  but  a  wide  expanse  of  sea. 

At  length  the  city  is  reached.  The  train 
stops,  and  the  jiasscngor  steps  out  into  the  sta- 
tion-house. Rut  what  a  station-house!  and 
what  a  city  !  There  is  the  usual  shouting  from 
carriers  and  cabmen,  but  none  of  that  deep  roar 
of  a  large  city  which  in  every  other  jilace  drones 
hetiviiy  into  the  traveller's  ear. 

Going  out  to  what  he  thinks  i-  a  street,  the 
traveller  finds  merely  a  canal.  \Vhere  arc  the 
carriages,  cabs,  calechcs,  hand-carts,  barouches, 
pony -carriages,  carryalls,  wagons,  hansoms, 
hackneys,  wheelbarrows,  broughams,  dog-carts, 
buggies?  Where  are  the  horses,  marcs,  dogs, 
jiigs,  jionies,  oxen,  cows,  cats,  colts,  calves,  and 
live-stock  generally  ? 

Nowhere.  Tliere's  not  a  wheeled  carriage 
in  the  place.  It  m.ay  be  doubted  if  there  is 
a  dog.  There  certainly  is  not  a  cow.  The 
people  use  goats'  milk.  The  horse  is  as  un- 
known as  the  ])terodactyl,  ictbyosaurns,  dodo, 
igtianodon,  mastodon,  great  awk.  How  do  they 
go  about?  Where  arc  the  conveniences  for 
moving  to  and  fro? 

Then,  at  the  idatforni  of  the  station,  a  score 
or  two  of  light  gondolas  await  you.     The  gon- 


I  i:i 


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imi;  s  i.i'(,(iA(ir. 


dolicr  is  tlic  calimnn.  lie  waits  for  j-oii,  witli  ' 
Iiis  liaiul  towiiiJ  you,  and  tlie  true  ''Kcb,  f^irl" 
tone  auii  smile.  Adouhle-sizcd  gondola  is  Iiorc 
called  nn  "omnibus,"  and  the  name  is  jjainted 
on  the  side  in  hiifje  lettci's.  And  these  are  the 
sulistiiutes  foi' wlieeled  vehieles. 

Now  after  cntorinR  one  of  these  you  po  alonp; 
smoothly  and  noiselessly.     The  first  thing  one 
notices  in  Venice  is  the  absence  of  noise.     As  , 
the  boat  goesalonfj  the  only  sound  that  is  Iicard 
is  the  sliaip  cry  from  the  boatman  as  he  aj)- 
jiioaches  a  corner.     At  liist  the  novelty  inter- 
ests the  minil,  afterward  it  ati'ects  the  spirits.  \ 
III  three  d.iys  most  ]ioo)ile  leave  the  city  in  a  , 
kind  of  ]ianie.      The  stillness  is  awful.     A  long-  i 
er  stay  would    reduce  one    to  a  state  of  mel-  , 
nncholy  madness.     A  few  ]ioets,  however,  have 
been  aide  to  endure,  and  even  to  love,  the  sepul- 
chral stillness  of  the  city.     ]5ut  to  appreciate  i 
Venice  one  must  be  strongly  ]:oetieal. 

There  are  many  things  to  be  seen.     First  of 
all,  there  is  the  city  itself,  one  grand  curiosity,  | 
uniipie,  with  nothing  on  eaith  that  bears  a  (lis- 1 
tant    approach    to   it.       Its   canals,   gondolas,  i 
nnti([ue    monuments,    I'yzantiiie    architecture, 
bridges,  mystery :  its  ]iretty  women  witli  Idack 
luce   veils,  the  true  glory  of   \'enice — tliough 
Irlnrray  says  nothing  about  them.  | 

For  Alurray,  in  what  was  meant  to  be  an  ex-  | 
haustivo  description  of  Venice,  lias  omitted  all 
mention   of  that  which    nndics   it  what  it   is. 
\Vhereas  if  it  had  been  Homer  instead  of  Jlurray  , 
lie  would  have  rolled  out  the  following  epithets  : 
i/vrrAuKa/ioi,  dza/.ai,  ;^'rY""?"'^'fi  >,'iKOftoi,    'poc.o~i;- 


/.I)  iitn/.-oi :  K.  T.  ?.. 

The  travellers  visited  the  whole  round  of  sights. 
They  remained  in  comiiany  and  went  al^oiit  in 
the  s:iiiie  gondola.  The  Senator  admired  uliat 
he  saw  as  much  as  any  of  them,  tlujiigh  it  aji- 
jieared  to  he  out  of  his  particular  line.  It  was 
not  the  Cathedral  of  St.  INIark's,  however,  nor 
the  Doge's  I'alace,  nor  the  Court  of  the  'miuisi- 
tion,  nor  the  I5ridge  of  Sighs,  nur  the  Jiialto, 
that  interested  him,  but  rather  the  spectacle  of 
all  these  inagnifieeiit  cdiliccs  around  him,  with 
all  the  massive  masonry  of  a  vast  city,  built  up 
laboriously  on  the  uncertain  sand.  He  admired 
the  Venetians  who  had  done  this.  To  such  men, 
he  thought,  the  commerce  of  the  world  might 
well  have  belonged.  In  discussing  tlu^  causes 
of  tlie  decline  of  Venice  he  summed  uji  the  sub- 
ject in  a  few  words,  and  in  the  clearest  possible 
manner. 

"  These  Venetians,  when  tlicy  sot  uji  shop, 
were  in  the  jirincipal  street  of  the  world— the 
Mediterranean,  'i'liey  had  the  best  stand  in  the 
street.  1'hoy  did  work  u]>  their  business  uncom- 
mon well  now,  and  no  mistake.  They  made 
nioiicy  hand  over  list,  and  whatever  advantage 
could  be  given  by  energy,  caiiital,and  a  gootl  loca- 
tion, they  got.  IJut  the  currents  of  tiallic  change 
in  the  world  just  us  they  do  in  n  city.  After  a 
while  it  jiassed  in  another  direction.  A'enico 
was  thrown  out  altogether.  She  hnd  no  more 
chance  than  a  New  York  sho])  would  have  after 
the  business  that  it  lived  on  had  gone  into  an- 
other street.  Hence,"  saiil  the  Senator — he  nU 
•vays  said  "  hence  "  when  he  was  coining  to  a 


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'^//y^' 


triiimplinnt  conclusion 
of  Vonico." 

On  ill  riving  nt  tljcir  hotel  a  little  circumstance 
occuiTOil  wiiicii  made  tliuni  look  nt\'cMiice  from 
a  new  and  litartlinn  iioint  of  view.     Ou  goinj; 


lence  the  downfall  locked  tlicm  all  in  togctlicr.  It  was  a  comforta- 
ble a])artincnt,  with  aiiotlier  larger  one  ojienin,' 
from  it,  in  whiili  were  two  beds  and  two  couches. 
Eviilently  tiiey  were  not  neglected. 

After  waiting  for  half  the  niglit  in  a  kind  of 


to  tlu'ir  rooms  after  dinner  tliey  were  followed  fever  they  retired  to  rest.  Tlicy  slejl  init  little, 
by  a  flic  of  Austrian  soldiers.  They  wanted  to  ,  Tliey  rose  early,  and  at  about  seviMi  o'clock 
si'e  tlie  ])ass]iorts.  'i'iiey  requested  this  in  u  breakfast  was  brougiit  in  to  tliem,  witli  a  gaaid 
tliick  guttural  tone,  wliieh  nnide  the  Americans  ,  of  soldiers  fullowing  tlie  waiters, 
f.'el  c[iiitc  nervous.  Tliey  sliowed  the  i)ass]>orts  j  After  breakfast  tliey  were  visited  again.  Tliis 
nevrrtiieless.  |  time  it  was  a  legul  gentleman.     Tliey  did  nut 

Ou  looking  over  tlicm  the  Austrian  soldiers  ar-j  know  wlio  he  was,  but  lie  gave  them  to  under- 
rested  tiiem.  Tliey  were  informed  that  if  they  stand  that  he  was  a  jierson  high  in  authority, 
went  jioaccably  they  wo'.dd  be  well  treated,  but  He  (luestioned  them  very  closely  as  to  their  luis- 
if  they  made  any  resistance  they  would  all  be  iuess  in  Venice,  but  did  his  (|uestioiiiug  in  a 
bound.  i  courteous  inauncr.     Alter  about   an   hour  he 

The  Americans  rcmoustiated.  No  use.  A  :  left, 
tliousand  eonjeetures  were  made  as  to  the  cause  j  Luneli  was  brought  in  at  one  o'clock.  Their 
of  their  arrest,  liut  they  were  comi)letely  ballled.  j  feelings  at  being  treated  in  tliis  mysterious  man- 
15el'ore  they  could  arrive  at  any  eonclusion  they  ner  can  be  imagined.  Such  neglect  of  tho 
bad  arrived  at  tlie  jilaee  of  their  destination,  to  rights  of  man — such  trifling  with  his  time  and 
whieh  they  had,  of  course,  been  taken  in  a  gon-  iiatience — such  utter  disregard  of  /id/nit.i  corjuin, 
(lola.  It  was  too  dark  to  distingui^li  the  jdace,  awaked  indignation  which  words  could  not  e.\- 
but  it,  looked  like  a  larg'.  and  gloomy  ciliiiee.  '  press. 
Tli3  soldiers  took  tlier.i  t)  a  rno:ii,  where  tliey  I      I'ositivcly  they  were  treated  like  diiiiib  cattle; 


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locked  up,  fed,  ilepi  ivcd  of  liberty  and  fresh  air  ; 
no  coininuiiicatiim  with  friends  outside;  and, 
worst  of  nil,  no  idea  in  tho  world  of  tlic  cause 
of  their  iinprisonnicnt.  They  came  to  the  con- 
clusion that  they  were  mistaken  for  sumo  other 
jiarties  —  for  sonic  Vurciiitori  dnili  A//n;  and 
I'uttons  iii'istcd  that  tlie  Senator  was  suj'poscd 
to  1)0  Garihuldl  liinisclf.  In  these  trouldous 
times  any  idea,  however  absurd,  inij^'ht  be  acted 

U]lOU. 

At  about  throe  in  the  afternoon  the  door  was 
thrown  open,  and  a  file  of  soldiers  njiijeared. 
An  otliccr  a])proaclicd  and  re(piested  the  prison- 
ers to  follow.  They  did  so.  They  jiassed  alon;; 
many  halls,  and  at  length  came  to  a  lar^e  room. 
A  long  table  extended  nearly  from  one  cud  to 
anotiier.  Soldiers  were  arranged  down  tlie  sides 
of  tiic  apartment. 

At  tlie  head  of  the  table  sat  an  elderly  man, 
with  a  stern  face,  ferocious  mustache,  sliarp  ove, 
busby  pray  eyebrows,  and  universal  air  of  Mars. 
His  unitbrm  showed  liini  to  be  a  (lencral.  I5y 
his  side  was  their  visitor  of  the  nioruiiig.  Offi- 
cials sat  at  the  table. 


CIIArTER  LI. 

THE  AMERICAN  EAOI.E  AND  THE  AUSTniAN  DOrH- 
LE-IIEADKI)  DITTO. 

At  the  command  of  the  Austrian  General 
every  body  became  still.  Thereupon  he  motion- 
ed to  the  iirisoners  to  stand  at  the  Imttom  of  the 
tabic.     They  did  so.     The  General  took  a  long 


stare  at  the  prisoners,  pnrtictdarly  nt  the  Senator. 
They  bore  it  stcailily.  As  for  the  Senator,  lie 
regarded  the  other  with  an  expression  which 
would  have  dune  honor  to  the  Austrian  General's 
own  father. 

"Who  arc  you?'' 

Tlie  General  s|iokc  in  German.  Tho  legal 
gentleman  at  his  side  instantly  interpreted  it 
into  English. 

"Americans." 

"Ah  I  dangerous  characters — dangerous  char- 
acters  !     What  is  voiir  business?" 

"Travellers." 

"Travellers?  Ali  I  Ihit  what  are  your  oc- 
cujiations  in  America?" 

"Our  passports  tell." 

"Your  passports  say — 'Gentlemen.'" 

"  Well,  we  arc  gentlemen." 

The  Austrian  looked  blank.  After  a  while 
he  resumed ;  and  as  he  directed  bis  glance  to 
the  Senator  the  latter  niade  all  ihcreiilies,  wbilo 
the  Intcr))rctcr  served  as  a  mcdiuni  of  commu- 
nication. 

"  How  long  have  yon  been  in  Italy  ?'' 

"Two  or  tlirce  months.'' 

"You  came  hero  just  about  tl'.o  commence- 
ment of  these  dillicultics?" 

"Yes — the  iiegiiining  of  the  war." 

"Where  did  you  land?" 

"At  Naples.'"' 

"Najilcs?  llal  lim !  Where  did  vou  go 
next  ?" 

"To  Rome.  We  stayed  there  a  few  weeks 
and  then  went  to  Florence:  from  Florence  to 
IJologna,  and  thence  tln'ougii  Fernira  and  Pa- 
dua to  Venice.'' 

"  You  went  to  Florence !  IIow  long  ago  did 
did  you  leave  ?" 

"About  a  month  ago." 

"A  month!     Ah,  bra  1" 

And  the  General  exchanged  glances  with  the 
legal  gentleman  at  his  side. 

"What  were  you  doing  in  Florence?" 

"Seeing  the  city." 

"  Did  yon  jilacc  yourselves  in  connection  with 
the  Kevolutionists?" 

"No." 

"  Did  you  have  any  thing  to  do  with  the  em- 
issaries of  Garibaldi  ?" 

"  Nothing." 

"  Take  care  how  you  deny." 

"We  say  we  know  nothing  at  all  either  of 
the  Revolutionists  or  Imperialists  or  Garibaldi- 
ans  or  anv  other  party.  We  arc  merely  travel- 
lers." 

"  Hm — a  strong  dis.avowment,"  said  the  Gen- 
eral to  himself  "  Y'ou  have  never  in  any  way 
coimtcnanced  the  rebels." 

"No." 

"  Think  before  you  speak." 

"We  are  free  Americans.  Tcrhaps  you  know- 
that  the  citizens  of  that  country  say  what  tlicy 
think  and  do  what  they  like.  W^e  have  gone  on 
that  rule  in  Italy.  What  I  say  is,  that  we  do 
not  know  any  thing  about  rebels  or  any  political 
parties  in  the  country." 


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"  Do  you  know  La  Cinri"'  nsked  the  Gen- 
eral, with  tlic  air  of  a  in;iii  \v\\n  was  ])iittiii;;  a 
iicmio  -  tlirust,  and  sjicaking  witli  iiiiconiinoii 
lieri'cncss. 

"I  do," said  tlie  Scnaior,  mildly. 

♦'You  know  lior  well?  You  arc  one  of  her 
intimate  friends?  ' 

"Am  I?' 

*'  Arc  you  not  ?" 

"  I  am  friendly  with  licr.  Siio  is  an  estima- 
ble woman,  witli  nnicli  foelini;  and  ])cn(',trati()n  " 
— and  a  fond  regret  exhibited  itself  in  the  face 
of  tiic  s]icaker. 

'•Well,  Sir,  you  may  as  well  confess.  Wc 
know  you,  Sir.  AVe  know  you.  You  are  one 
of  tlio  chosen  nssuciates  of  tliat  infamous  (lavi- 
baldian  jilotter  and  assassin,  whose  hotel  is  the 
hot -bed  of  consjiiracy  and  revolution.  Wo 
know  you.  Do  vou  dare  to  conic  here  and  denv 
it?" 

"  J  did  not  conic  here  :  I  was  broufrht.  I  do 
not  deny  that  you  know  nie,  tlmugli  I  haven't 
tlic  iilcasuro  of  knowiii;;  you.  But  I  do  deny 
that  I  am  tlie  associate  (jf  conspirators. " 

"Arc  you  not  the  American  whom  La  Ciai 
so  particularly  distiniruishcd  with  lier  favor?" 

"  1  liavc  reason  to  l)clicve  that  slie  was  par- 
tial to  me — soniewliat." 

"lie  confesses  I"  said  the  General.  "You 
came  from  her  to  this  idacc,  cominunicating  on 
the  way  with  licr  emissaries." 

"  1  coininuiiicatcd  on  the  wi\y  witli  none  but 
brigands  anion;;  the  mountains.  If  they  were 
her  emissaries  I  wish  her  jny  of  them.  !My 
means  of  coiiimiinication,"'  said  the  Senator, 
while  a  grim  smile  passed  over  his  face,  "was 
an  iron  crow-bar,  and  my  remarks  left  somedecj) 
impression  on  them,  I  do  believe." 

"'J'ell  nie  now — and  tell  me  truly,"  said  the 
General  after  a  i)ause,  in  which  he  seemed  try- 
ing to  make  out  whether  the  Senator  was  joking 
or  not.      "  To  wlioin  are  you  sent  in  this  city  ?" 

"To  no  one." 

"  Sir  1  1  warn  you  that  I  will  not  be  trifled 
witli." 

'•I  tell  you,"  said  the  Senator,  with  no  appar- 
ent excitement,  "  I  tell  you  that  I  have  come 
hero  to  no  one.     What  more  can  I  say  ?" 

"  You  must  confess.'' 

"I  have  nothing  to  confess.'' 

"Sir!  you  have  inncli  to  confess,"  cried  the 
General,  angrily,  "  and  I  swear  to  you  I  will 
wring  it  out  of  you.  Beware  how  you  trifle 
with  my  ])atience.  If  you  wish  to  regain  your 
liberty  confess  at  once,  and  you  may  escape  your 
just  punisliinent.  Bat  if  you  refuse,  then,  by 
the  immortal  gods,  I'll  shut  you  \x\\  in  a  dungeon 
for  ten  years ! " 

"  You  will  do  no  such  thing." 

"  What !"  roared  the  (ieneral.     "  Won't  I  ?" 

"You  will  not.  On  the  contrary,  you  will 
have  to  make  apologies  for  these  insults." 

"I! — Apologies!     Insults!" 

The  General  gnawed  his  mustache,  and  his 
eyes  blazcil  in  fury.  | 

"  You  have  arrested  us  on  a  false  charge, 


based  on  some  slanderous  or  stni>id  information 
of  some  of  your  infernal  spies,"  said  the  Senator. 
"What  ri;;lit  have  you  to  jiry  into  the  private 
affairs  of  an  American  traveller?  Wo  have 
nothing  to  do  with  yon." 

"  You  are  associated  with  conspirators.  You 
are  charged  with  tieasonable  correspondence 
with  rebels.  You  countenanced  revolution  in 
Florence.  Youo]ienly  took  j>art  with  Kepulilic- 
ans.  You  arc  a  notorious  friend  of  ]ai  Cicu. 
And  you  came  here  with  tlie  intention  of  fo- 
menting treason  in  A'enice!'' 

"Whoever  told  you  that, "replied  the  Sena- 
tor, "  told  infernal  lies — most  infernal  lies.  I 
iun  no  emissary  of  any  party.  I  am  a  private 
traveller." 

"  Sir,  wc  have  correspondents  in  Florence  on 
wlioin  wc  can  rely  better  than  on  you.  Tliey 
watched  you." 

"  Then  tlie  best  thing  you  can  do  is  to  dismiss 
those  correspondents  and  get  rogues  who  have 
half  an  idea." 

"  Sir,  I  tell  yon  that  they  watched  you  well. 
You  had  better  confess  all.  Your  antecedents 
in  l'"lorence  are  known.  You  are  in  a  i)ositiou 
of  imminent  danger.      I  tell  you — hvirare  !'' 

The  General  said  this  in  an  awful  voice, 
which  was  meant  to  strike  terror  into  the  soul 
of  his  cajitive.  The  Senator  looked  back  into 
his  eyes  with  an  cx])ressiou  of  calm  scorn.  His 
form  seemed  to  grow  larger,  and  Ids  eyes  dilated 
as  he  spoke : 

"Then  you,  General,  I  tell  you — hcinirc! 
Do  you  know  who  you've  got  hold  of? — No  con- 
spinitor;  no  infernal  /talian  bandit,  or  Dutch- 
man either;  but  an  American  citizen.  Your 
Government  has  already  tried  the  temjier  cjf 
Americans  on  one  or  two  remarkable  occasions. 
Don't  try  it  on  a  third  time,  and  don't  try  it  on 
with  nie.  Since  you  want  to  know  who  I  am 
I'll  tell  yon.  I,  Sir,  am  an  American  Senator. 
I  take  an  active  ami  ]M()niiiient  jnirt  in  the  gov. 
ernmont  of  that  great  and  glorious  country.  I 
represent  a  constituency  of  several  hundred 
thousand.  Yon  tell  me  to  bciran;.  I  tell  you 
— Bi;wauk!  for,  by  the  Eternal!  if  you  don't 
let  me  go,  I  swear  to  you  that  you'll  have  to  givo 
me  up  at  the  caution's  nioutii.  I  swear  to  you 
if  you  don't  let  me  oil"  by  evening  I  won't  go  at 
all  till  I  am  delivered  ii|i  with  humble  and  am- 
]ile  apologies,  lioth  to  us  and  to  our  country, 
whom  you  have  insulted  in  our  j)ersons." 

"  Sir,  you  are  Ixdd  !" 

"  Bohl !  Send  for  the  American  Consul  of 
this  city  and  see  if  he  don't  corroborate  this. 
But  you  had  better  make  haste,  forifyou  subject 
me  to  further  disgrace  it  will  be  the  worse  for 
your  Govenunent,  and  particularly  for  //om,  my 
friend.  You'll  have  the  town  battered  down 
about  your  cars.  Don't  get  another  nation  down 
on  you,  and,  above  all,  don't  let  that  nation  bo 
the  American.  What  I  tell  you  is  the  solemn 
truth,  and  if  you  don't  mind  it  you  will  know  it 
some  day  to  your  sorrow." 

Whatever  the  cause  may  have  been  the  com. 
pany  present,  including  even  the  General,  woro 


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•DON  T  my  IT  O.N  WITH  mi; 


iaii)rcsst'.l  Uy  tlic  Sonntnr's  wonls.  The  nii- 
Doiincenioiit  of  his  tli^rnity;  the  vciicralile  title, 
of  Senator  ;  the  inciition  of  his  "  constituency," 
ft  word  the  more  fovmiihible  from  not  being  at 
all  iinilorstood — all  conibinod  to  fill  them  with 
res])cct  and  even  awe. 

So  at  his  jirojiosal  to  send  for  the  American 
Consul  the  Crcncral  j:ave  orders  to  a  messenger 
who  went  otVat  once  in  searcii  of  that  fiinction- 
nry. 


CHAPTER  LIT. 

THE  PCNATOn  STILL  EXOAGEI)  IN  FACINfi  DOWN 
THE  Ar.STUIAN. — THE  AMEIUCAN  CONSIL. — 
rNEXrECTEl)  UE-AI'PEARAXCE  OF  FOUGOTTEN 
THINGS. — COLLAPSE  OF  THE  COUKT. 

The  American  Consul  soon  made  his  appcar- 
nnce.  Xot  having  had  any  thing  to  do  for 
months,  the  jirosjiect  of  business  gave  wings  to 
liis  feet.  Moreover,  he  felt  a  very  natural  de- 
sire to  hclj)  a  countryman  in  trouble.  U]ion 
entering  the  hall  he  cast  a  rapid  look  around, 
and  seemed  surprised  at  so  august  a  tribunal. 
For  in  the  General's  martial  form  he  saw  no 
less  a  person  than  the  Austrian  Conmiandant. 

Tlie  Consul  bowed  and  tlien  looked  at  the 
prisoners.  As  his  eye  fell  ui)on  the  Senator  it 
lighted  up,  and  his  face  assumed  an  expression 
of  the  most  friendly  interest.  Evidently  a  rec- 
ognition. The  Austrian  Commandant  address- 
ed the  Consul  directly  in  German. 

"  Do  you  know  the  prisoners  ?" 

"  I  know  one  of  tlR'm." 

"  He  is  here  under  a  very  heavy  accusation. 


I  have  well-substantiated  charges  by  which  he  is 
im]>licated  in_  treason  and  cons|iinicy.  He  has 
been  connected  with  Revoluiionists  of  the  worst 
stamp  in  Florence,  and  there  is  strong  jiroof 
that  he  has  come  here  to  communicate  with  Rev- 
olutionists in  tliis  city.'' 

"  Wiio  accuses  him  of  this?     Arc  they  here?" 
"  No,  but  they  have  written  from  I'lorence 
warning  mo  of  his  journey  here." 
"Does  the  prisoner  confess  ?" 
j       "  Of  eouise  not.     He  denies.     He  requested 
I  me  to  send  for  yo;i.     I  don't  want  to  be  unjust, 
so  if  you  have  any  thing  to  say,  say  on." 

"These  charges  are  impossible." 
'       "Impossible'?" 

.      "  He  is  altogether  a  different  man  from  what 
I  yon  su])pose.     He  is  an  eminent  member  of  the 
'  American  Senate.     Any  charges  made  against 
one  like  him  will  have  to  be  well  substantiated; 
and  any  injury  done  to  him  will  be  dangerous 
in  the  highest  degree.     Unless  you  have  unde- 
niable proofs  of  his  guilt  it  will  bo  best  to  free 
him  at  once — or  else — " 
I       "  Or  else  what?" 

"  Or  else  there  will  be  very  grave  complica- 
'  tions." 

I       The  Commandant    looked  doubtfid.      The 
j  others  iniiiassive.     Hutfons  and  Dick  interested. 
i  The  Senator  calm.      Again  the  Coinniandaut 
turned  to  the  Senator,  his  remarks  being  inter- 
preted as  before. 

"  How  docs  it  happen  that  you  wore  so  par- 
ticularly intimate  with  all  the  Revolutionists  in 
Florence,  and  an  habitue'  of  La  Cita's  salon? 
that  your  mission  was  well  knov.n  throughout 


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TIIE  DODGE  CLUD ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


i: 


tliG  city  ?  tlmt  you  publicly  ncknowledged  tho 
Florentine  relicllion  in  n  si)cccli  ?  tlmt  tlio  i)cniiIo 
cariied  you  home  in  ti'ium]ph  ?  iiiul  tlmt  imiiiu- 
iliiitcly  before  IciiviiiR  you  received  iirivatc  in- 
structions from  f.d  Clni?" 

"To  your  (piestions,"  said  the  Senator,  with 
nnal)atcd  divinity,  ' '  I  will  reply  in  brief :  First, 
I  am  a  free  and  indeiicndent  citizen  of  the  preat 
and  plorious  American  Kejiublic.  If  I  associ- 
atcd  with  Kevolutionists  in  Florence,  I  did  so 
because  I  an»  accustomed  to  choose  my  own  so- 
ciety, and  not  to  rccoRuizc  any  law  or  any  mas- 
ter that  can  forbid  my  doiiif;  so.  I  deny,  how- 
ever, tliat  I  was  in  any  way  connected  with 
])lots,  rebellions,  or  conspiracies.  Second///,  I 
was  friendly  with  the  Countess  because  I  con- 
sidered her  a  most  rcmarkal>ly  fine  woman, 
and  bpcaiiso  she  showed  a  disjiosition  to  be 
friendly  with  inc — a  stranger  in  a  strange  land. 
T/iinl/i/,  I  have  no  mission  of  any  kind  what- 
ever. I  am  a  traveller  for  self-improvement.  I 
have  no  business  political  or  commercial.  So 
that  my  mission  could  not  iiavc  been  known. 
If  pco]ile  talked  about  me  they  talked  nonsense. 
Foiirt/i/'/,  I  confess  I  made  a  siicech,  but  what  of 
iliat  ?  It's  not  the  first  time,  by  a  long  chalk. 
I  don't  know  what  you  mean  by  '  acknowledg- 
ing.' As  a  jirivate  citizen  I  congratulated 
them  on  their  success,  and  would  do  so  again. 
If  a  crowd  calls  oti  me  for  a  speech,  I'm  thar ! 
Tho  people  of  Florence  dragged  me  home  in  a 
carriage.  Well,  I  don't  know  why  they  did  so. 
I  can't  help  it  if  people  will  take  possession  of 
mo  and  pull  me  about.  Fi/t/i/i/,  and  lastly,  I 
bad  an  interview  with  the  Countess,  bad  I? 
Well,  is  it  wrong  for  a  man  to  bid  good-bye  to 
a  frieiul  ?  I  ask  you,  what  upon  eartii  do  you 
mean  by  such  a  charge  as  that?  Do  you  take 
nie  for  a  i)uling  infant?" 

"  On  that  occasion,"  said  the  Commandant, 
"  she  taught  you  some  mysterious  words  which 
were  to  bo  repeated  among  the  Revolutionists 
here." 

"Never  did  anything  of  the  kind.  That's 
a  cotujilete  ftdl-blown  fiction." 

"  I  have  the  very  words." 

"That's  impossible.  You've  got  hold  of  tho 
wrong  man  I  see." 

"I  will  have  them  read,"  said  the  General, 
solemnlj'. 

And  ho  beckoned  to  the  Interpreter.  Where- 
u])on  the  Interpreter  gravely  took  out  a  formi- 
dable roll  of  papers  from  his  breast,  and  opened 
it.  Every  gesture  was  made  as  though  his 
hand  was  heavy  with  the  weight  of  crushing 
proof.  At  last  a  pajwr  was  produced.  The 
Interpreter  took  one  look  at  the  prisoner,  then 
glanced  triumphantly  at  the  Consul,  and  said  : 

"It  is  a  mysteriouB  language  with  no  appar- 
ent meaning,  nor  have  I  been  able  to  find  the 
key  to  it  in  any  way.  It  is  very  skillfully 
made,  for  all  tho  usual  tests  of  cipher  writing 
fail  in  this.  The  person  who  procured  it  did 
not  get  near  enough  till  the  latter  part  of  the 
interview,  so  that  ho  pained  no  cxi)lanatiou 
whatever  from  the  conversation." 


"Road," said  tho  Commandant.  Tho  Sena- 
tor waited,  wondcringly.   The  Interpreter  reail : 

"  Mil  (iiii'liiiri  H'dii  1111,1,1  Hfi'  c/iwr '  firmaa  din  aimit  an- 
sin  ii-iti'tti'/  a  Dili:  (II  iiffti  laitiniui  Oi  lin." 

Scarcely  bad  the  first  words  been  uttered  in 
the  Italian  voice  of  the  reader  than  the  Sen- 
ator started  as  though  a  shot  had  strii.k  him. 
His  face  Hushed.  Finally  a  broad  grin  sjiread 
itself  over  his  countenance,  and  down  hi-,  neck, 
autl  over  his  chest,  and  over  his  form,  mid  into 
his  boots,  till  at  last  his  whole  colossal  fianio 
shook  with  an  caith([uake  of  laughter. 

Tiie  ("(uiimaiulant  stared  and  looked  uneasy, 
All  looked  at  tim  Senator — all  with  anmzo- 
nicnt — the  (jenenil,  tlio  Interpreter,  the  Olli- 
cials,  the  Guards,  liuttons,  Dick,  and  the  Ameri- 
can  Consul. 

"Oh  dear!  Oh  dr-nr .'  Oh  n-.i;i:-Aif !" 
cried  the  Senator,  in  tiio  intervals  of  his  out- 
rageous ]ieals  of  laughter.  "OH  I"  and  a  new 
jieal  followed. 

What  did  all  this  mean?  Was  he  crazy » 
Had  misfortunes  turned  his  brain  ? 

But  at  last  the  Senator,  who  was  alw.iys  re- 
markable for  his  self-control,  recovered  himself. 
He  asked  the  Commandant  if  ho  might  b3  per- 
mitted to  cxjihiin. 

"  Certainly,"  said  tlie  Commandant,  doleful- 
ly.  He  was  afraid  that  tlio  thing  would  take  a 
riilicnlous  turn,  and  nothing  is  so  terrible  as  that 
to  an  Austrian  oilicial. 

"Will  you  allow  mo  to  look  at  the  paper?" 
asked  the  Senator.    "  I  will  not  injure  it  at  all." 

The  Inter])rcter  politely  carried  it  to  him  as 
the  Commandant  nodded.  Tho  Senator  beck- 
oned to  the  Consul.  They  then  walked  up  to 
the  Commandant.    All  four  looked  at  the  paper. 

"You  see,  gentlemen,''  said  the  Senator, 
drawing  a  lead  jiencil  from  his  jiockct,  "tho 
Florence  correspondent  has  been  too  sliarj).  I 
can  explain  all  this  at  once.  I  was  with  tho 
Countess,  and  wo  got  talking  of  poetry.  Now, 
I  don't  know  any  more  about  poetry  than  a 
horse.'' 

"Well?" 

"Well,  she  insisted  on  my  making  a  quota- 
tion. I  had  to  give  in.  The  only  one  I  could 
think  of  was  a  lino  or  two  from  Watts." 

"  W'litisi'  Ah!  I  don't  know  him,"  s.".id  tho 
Inter])reter. 

"  He  was  a  minister — a  parson." 

"Ah!" 

"  So  I  said  it  to  her,  and  she  repeated  it. 
These  friends  of  yours,  Gencrul,  have  taken  it 
down,  but  their  spellin'  is  a  little  unusual,"  said 
the  Senator,  with  a  tremendous  grin  that  threat- 
ened a  new  outburst. 

"Look.  Hero  is  the  true  key  which  this 
gentleman  tried  so  hard  to  find." 

And  taking  bis  pencil  tho  Senator  wrote  un- 
der the  strange  words  the  true  meaning ; 

"  Mil  xiilling  soxil  teonhi  Dta;/ 
III  Kiieli  a  frame  as  this. 
Ami  frit  and  sinij  hersntf  away 
To  eveiUistiiig  bliss." 

The  Interpreter  saw  it  all.     He  looked  pro- 


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WATTH  Mni-DrUl.l.i;!). 

f.imully  frfilisii.  Tlio  wliole  tiling  was  char. 
T!ie  ScirUdi-'s  iiiiKH-ciU'c  wms  jilain.  lie  turned 
to  cxphiiii  to  tlie  I'dinniiiniliint.  Tlie  Consul's 
face  cxhlliitoil  .1  varicly  of  expiL'Ssions,  over 
which  a  hroad  (,'riniace  finally  liredoininated, 
like  sunshine  over  all  AprilslvV.  i  n  a  few  words 
tlic  wiiolo  was  niiidc  jilain  to  the  Coininandaiit. 
lie  looked  aniioved.  glared  angrily  at  the  Inter- 
preter, tossed  tlie  jiajiers  on  the  lloor,  and  rose 
to  his  feet. 

"  Give  these  pcntlcnien  otu'ai)oloj;ics,'"  said  he 
to  the  Intcrjjreter.  "  In  times  of  trouble,  when 
States  have  to  he  held  subject  to  martial  law, 
proceedings  arc  ahrujit.  'i'heir  own  good  sense 
will,  I  trust,  enable  them  to  a])]ireciate  the  dilli- 
cultjr  of  our  iiosition.     They  are  at  liberty." 

At  liberty  !  Xo  sooner  were  the  words  spok- 
en than  the  prisoners  lioued  anil  left,  in  coni- 
jiany  wiili  the  Consul,  who  ea^'erly  shook  hands 
with  all  three,  particularly  the  Senatoi',  who,  as 
they  were  leaving,  was  heard  to  whisper  some- 
thinj;  in  which  these  word.s  were  audible  : 

"  Wa'al,  old  boss!  The  American  eagle 
showed  it  claws,  anyiiow." 


CIIArTEU  LIII. 

A  MVPTliniOrS  FI.IOIIT.  — DISSI'AIl!  OF  IlfTTONS. — 
I'fltSIIT. —  UlSTOHIO  GUULXJ),  .KSD  lll!>T01JIC 
CITl!:s. 

It  was  about  seven  o'clock  in  the  evening 
when  they  reached  their  hotel.  ICvery  thing 
was  as  they  liad  left  it.  Some  trillos  had  oc- 
curred, Eueh  as  a  general  overhaul  of  the  hag- 


finin',  in  which  the  Doctor's  pistol  had  again 
miraculously  escaped  seizure.  Hiittons  went 
immediately  to  call  on  the  Sjianiards,  hut  their 
a|iartment  was  closed.  Supposing  that  ihcy 
were  out  about  the  town,  he  returned  to  his 
fiienils. 

During  tiKir  memorable  caiitiviiy  they  liad 
eaten  but  little,  and  now  nothing  was  more  wel- 
C(jme  than  a  dinner.  So  they  ordered  the  very 
best  that  the  hotel  could  supjdy,  and  made  the 
American  Consul  slay.  l{uit(jns  did  not  givo 
himself  up  so  completely  as  the  rest  to  the  hi- 
larity of  the  occasion.  Something  was  on  bis 
mind.  So  he  took  advantage  (jf  a  cnuversation 
in  which  the  Senator  was  giving  the  Consul  an 
animated  description  of  the  fight  with  the  brig- 
ands, and  the  jiluck  of  his  two  "boys,"ni;(l 
stole  out  of  the  room.  Wliereii]  on  the  Sena- 
tor stoj'pe  1  and  remarked — 

"  Hang  these  fellows  that  are  in  love  I" 

"  Certairdy,'' said  Dick,  '-'i'liey  often  bang 
themselves,  or  feel  like  it." 

'•  Of  course  IJuttons  is  on  his  nsinil  errand.' 

"  Of  course." 

"  It  seems  to  me  that  his  foreign  travel  has 
become  nothing  but  (ue  long  chase  after  that 
gal.      He  is  certaiidy  most  uncommon  devoted." 

Scarce  had  these  words  been  sjKikcn  when 
the  door  was  flung  ojien,  and  Utittons  made  his 
a])pearance,  much  agitated. 

"What's  the  matter  ?"  cried  Dick.      "The 

Sjianiards!"  "Well? rhey're  oil'!''  "Oifr" 

"(ione!"  "Where?"  '-Awav  from  A'euicc." 
"When?"  "I  don't  kn(,w.''  "Why:'"  "I 
don't  k  low.'' 

"  What  sent  them  ?  It  looks  as  though  they 
were  rinining  away  from  you  on  purjiose." 

"They're  oil',  at  any  rate,"  cried  IJiittons. 
"I  went  to  their  room.  It  was  open.  The 
servants  were  fi.\ing  itti]>.  1  asked  why.  They 
said  the  S])anianls  had  left  A'eiiice  early  this 
morning.     They  did  not  know  any  ihing  more." 

"Strange!" 

"  Strange,  of  course.  It's  so  sudden.  Their 
jilans  were  laid  out  for  n  week  in  Venice." 

'■  l'erha])s  tliey  were  frightened  at  ouradvciit- 
nre." 

Uuttons  ?])rnng  to  the  hell  and  pulled  it  vig- 
orously. Then  he  rushed  to  the  door  and  Hung 
it  o])en.  Five  or  six  waiters  came  tnmlilingin. 
They  had  all  been  listening  at  the  key-hole. 

"  Where's  the  chief  waiter 'r" 

"  Here,''  said  that  functionary,  a)i]iroaching, 

"Come  here.  Y(ui  may  retire,'  said  But- 
tons to  the  others.     They  went  out  reluctantly. 

"Now,  my  friend,"  said  he,  jaittingsonie  pi- 
astres  in  the  hand  of  the  chi(!f  waiter.  "  Think, 
and  answer  me  right.  Where  are  the  Span- 
iards— a  gentleman  and  two  ladies — who  came 
here  with  us  ?" 

"They  have  left  the  city." 

"  AVhcn  ■?" 

"  At  six  this  morning,  by  the  first  train." 

"Why  did  they  leave?" 

"A  hint  came  from  the  Commandant." 

"From  him.     Ah!     What  about  ?'' 


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uuith  thoy 
e. 

J!  lit  tons, 
u.  The 
.  Tlioy 
u!y  this 
g  more." 

Tlioir 

CO.. 

ir  lulvcnt- 

il  it  vIr- 
aml  tiun;; 
ling  in. 
•-hole. 


"Why— you  know — your  E.\cellcncic9  wtrj 
ivaitpil  on  hy  ft  deputation." 

"Wo  wcic'  niiustcd.     Well  ?' 

"AVell,  these  SimniiuJs  were  friends  of 
yours." 

"  Vcs." 

"That  connection  made  them  suspected." 

"Diavolo!" 

"  Suc'ii  is  tlio  melancholy  fact.  There  was 
no  cause  strong;  cnouj^h  to  lead  to  their  arrest. 
It  Wduid  iiavu  been  inconvenient.  SotheConi- 
niandant  sent  ftniessaj^o,  immediately  after  your 
IvM'cllency'H  lamentable  arrest,  to  warn  them — '' 

"Wh.1t  of?" 

"That  they  had  better  leave  the  country  at 
once." 

"  Yes,  but  that  didn't  force  them  to  ro." 

"Ah,  .Sjj'norc!  ])o  you  not  know  what 
Bucli  ft  warning  is?     There  is  no  refusiil." 

"And  so  they  left." 

"At  sis  bv  tiie  train." 

"Where  to?" 

"  Si;:nore,  thoy  had  their  passports  made 
out  for  Milan." 

"Milan!" 

"Certainly.  It  was  necessary  for  tlier.i  not 
only  to  leave  Venice,  but  Venctia." 

"Very  well.  When  docs  the  next  train 
leave?"' 

"  Not  till  to-ninrrow  morning  at  six." 

"  You  must  call  us  then  at  live,  for  we  arc 
poing.  ]Iere,  take  our  ]iassi)orts  and  get  tlioni 
vised;"  and  having  explained  matters  to  tlie 
Senator,  IJuttons  found  no  need  of  persuasion 


-Ai 


^■^^ 


"Think, 
he  Hpan- 
vho  came 

1 

t 

U 

M 

n 

rain." 

^ 

11 

f    '     if 
1    ill 

1 

int  " 

'i:3Hw«Wiii.ft 

in  mm  ill 

', 

FORMALITIES 

I 

to  induce  them  to  quit  the  city,  so  the  pa8S]iorts 
were  handed  over  to  the  waiter. 

So  at  six  the  next  morning  they  went  flyinp 
over  the  sea,  overtlie  higoons,  over  the  marsheit, 
over  tlie  plains,  away  toward  Lond)ardy. 

They  had  to  sto])  for  a  while  at  Verona, 
wailing  to  comply  with  "some  formalilios." 
They  had  time  to  walk  about  the  town  and  see 
the  Konian  ruiiTs  and  the  fortidcations.  Of  all 
these  much  n.ight  bo  said,  if  it  were  luit  to  be 
found  already  in  Guide-books,  Letters  of  C'ori'c- 
s])ondents.  Hooks  of  Travel,  Gazetteers,  and  Il- 
lustrated Newsjuipers.  Our  travellers  saw 
enough  of  the  mighty  military  works,  in  a  brief 
survey,  to  make  them  thoroughly  comprehend 
the  I'caec  of  Villafranca.  In  the  neigiiboriiood 
of  Solferino  they  left  the  train  to  ius|)eet  the 
scene  of  battle.  Only  a  month  luul  ]iassed  since 
the  terrific  contest,  and  the  traces  remained  vis- 
ible on  every  side.  The  peasants  had  made 
two  trenches  of  enormous  size.  In  one  of  these 
the  bodies  of  the  Aiistrians  had  been  buried,  in 
the  other  those  of  the  French  and  Italians.  In 
one  ])lace  tlicrc  was  a  vast  heap  of  arms,  wliich 
had  been  gathered  from  oif  the  field.  Tlicie 
was  no  jiieee  among  them  which  was  not  bent 
or  broken.  A\l  were  of  the  best  construction 
ami  latest  ])attern,  but  had  seen  their  <lay. 
Shattered  trees,  battered  walls,  crunibling 
houses,  deep  ruts  in  the  earth,  appeared  on 
every  side  to  show  where  the  battlu  luul  raged ; 
yet  already  the  grass,  iu  its  swift  growth,  had 
obliterated  the  chief  marks  of  the  tremendous 
conllict. 

At  length  they  arrived  at  Milan.  The  city 
])rcsented  a  most  imjiosing  appearance.  Its 
natural  situation,  its  niaguiliceiit  works  of  archi- 
tecture, its  stately  arches  and  niiijestic  avenues 
presented  an  aiii)earance  which  was  now  height- 
ened by  the  jircsenec  of  victory.  It  was  as 
though  the  entire  population  had  given  them- 
selves up  to  rejoicing.  The  evil  s])irit  had  been 
cast  out,  and  the  house  thoroughly  s\ve]it  and 
garnished.  The  streets  were  filled  with  gay 
multitudes;  the  avenues  resounded  with  the 
thrilling  strains  of  the  Marseillaise,  re])eatod  ev- 
erywhere ;  every  window  disjilaycd  the  ijortiait 
of  Napoleon,  Victor  Emanuel,  or  Garibaldi,  and 
froui  every  liousc-to])  flaunted  the  tri-color.  The 
heavy  weight  imposed  by  the  military  rule — the 
iron  hand,  the  cruelty,  the  bands  of  spies,  the 
innumerable  soldiers  sent  forth  by  Austria — 
had  been  lifted  off,  and  in  tlie  first  reaction  of 
perfect  liberty  the  whole  jiopulation  rushed  into 
the  wildest  demonstrations  of  joy  and  gayety. 
'i'he  ciiurclics  were  all  marked  by  the  periictual 
presence  of  the  emblems  of  Holy  Peace,  and 
Heavenly  Faith,  and  Immortal  Ilojje.  The 
sublime  Cathedral,  from  all  its  marble  poi)nlation 
of  sculjitured  saints  and  from  all  its  thousands  of 
pinnacles,  sent  up  one  constant  song.  Through 
the  streets  marched  soldiers — regular,  irregular, 
horse,  foot,  and  dragoons  ;  cannon  thundered  at 
intervals  through  every  day ;  volunteer  militia 
companies  si)rang  up  like  butterflies  to  Hash 
their  g.ay  uniforms  in  the  sun. 


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It  wns  not  thoRonson  for  tlicntres.  LaSrala 
hntl  opuiicd  for  a  few  nl^lits  when  Napoleon 
nml  Victor  Kiimiuiclwliero  hero,  hut  Imd  closed 
airiiin.  Not  t-o  tlio  srimllertlu'iitrcs.  Loss  di;;- 
iiilii'd,  tliey  could  liurst  fordi  iiurcslrained.  Es- 
[ii'cially  the  Day  'riieatrcs,  jihiccs  formed  soino- 
wliat  on  tlic  iiiieieiit,  model,  uiili  ojieu  roof^. 
In  these  the  spectatcTS  can  8ii\()ke.  Hero  the 
performance  heniiis  at  live  or  six  nnil  ends  at 
dark.  All  tlie  theatres  on  this  season,  day  or 
iii^;lit  alike,  hurst  forth  into  joy.  The  war  was 
the  universal  (iuhj('ct.  ("ainioii,  fluhtiuK,  s'ol- 
diers,  Runjiowder,  saltpetre,  snlpiiiir,  fury,  e\ - 
jdosions,  wounds,  hoinljardinents,  (grenadiers,  ar- 
tillery, drum,  gim,  trumpet,  hlinuJerhuss,  and 
thuniler!  .lust  at  tint  time  the  ]iieco  which 
was  having  the  greatest  run  was  Tiiii  ViCToiiv 
of  S<)i,i'i;niN<)! 

Two  theatres  cxliihitod  this  piece  with  nil 
the  jioniji  and  cireunistaneo  of  glorious  war. 
Another  ]iut  out  in  a  pantomime  "The  Uattle 
of  Malegnano !" 

Another,  "  The  Fi^;ht  at  Magenta!"  Hut  \)cr- 
haps  the  most  ])o])tdar  of  all  was  "  (iAitiiiAi.Di 
i.N  Vaklsi;,  Oil  1  Cacciatoui  1)i;oli  Ali'I  !" 


CHAPTER  LIV. 

DICK  !Mr.r.T»  AN  OI.H  KllinM>.  —  TIII^  EMOTTOXAI, 
NATfUKOt"  TMi;  ITALIAN. — TIIESLNATUU  OVEK- 
COME  AND  DLMllfurNDEI).  , 

The  day  of  their  arrival  at  Milan  was  dis- 
tinguished hy  a  pleasing  i  ireumstance.  Buttons 
found  the  Spaniards,  and  was  hup]n-.  And  hy 
another  circumstance,  scarcely  less  jileasing, 
Dick  found  an  old  accp.iaintancc. 

On  this  wise; 

Einding  himself  i:i  Milan  he  suddenly  called 
to  minil  an  old  friend  with  whom  he  hail  heen 
intimate  in  Boston.  He  had  heen  exiled  from 
Italy  on  account  of  his  conneetion  with  the 
movements  of  1848.  lie  had  lied  to  America, 
and  had  taken  with  Iiim  harely  enough  to  live 
on.  For  five  years  he  had  lived  in  Boston  nn- 
dcr  the  jilain  name  u(  J/ni/h  Aire;/.  Then  Dick 
met  with  him,  and  had  heen  attracted  hy  the 
polished  manners,  nielr.neholy  air,  and  high 
sjiirit  of  the  nnfortunate  exile.  In  the  coiu'se 
(if  time  their  acquaintance  rii)cned  into  intimate 
friendship.  Dick  introduced  him  to  all  his 
friends,  and  did  all  in  his  power  to  make  his 
life  pleasant.  From  him  he  had  learned  Ital- 
ian, and  nndcr  his  guidance  formed  a  wide  and 
deep  acquaintance  with  Italian  literature.  In 
IS.IS  Mr.  Aircy  decided  to  return  to  Italy  and 
live  in  Turin  till  the  return  of  better  days.  Be- 
fore leaving  he  confided  to  Dick  the  fact  that 
he  iiidongcd  to  one  of  the  oldest  fimilies  in 
Lond>ardy,  and  that  he  was  the  Count  Ugo  di 
(lonfaloniere.  The  exile  bade  Dick  and  all 
his  friends  good-bye  and  dejiarted.  Since  then 
Dick  had  heard  from  him  but  once.  The  Count 
was  happy,  and  hopeful  of  a  speedy  return  of 
better  days  for  his  country.  His  hopes  had 
been  realised,  as  the  world  knows. 


•rnr.  count  1 1.  >. 

Dick  had  no  difileulfy  in  finding  oiii  where 
he  lived,  and  went  to  call  on  him.  It  was  a 
magniliccnt  ])alace.  Throngs  of  servants  were 
around  the  entrance.  Diek  sent  iqi  his  name, 
and  was  conducted  by  a  servant  to  an  ante- 
chamber. Scarcely  had  he  finished  a  hasty 
survey  of  tho  apartment  when  hurried  footstcj)s 
were  heard.  lie  turned.  '1  he  Count  came 
rushing  into  the  room.  Hushed  and  tiemliling, 
and  without  a  word  threw  himself  into  Dick's 
arms,  embraced  him,  aiul  kissed  him.  It  was  a 
trying  moment  for  Dick.  Nothing  is  so  fright- 
ful to  ft  man  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  race  as  to  bo 
hugged  and  kissed  by  a  nmn.  However,  Diek 
felt  deeply  touched  at  tho  einotifin  of  his  friend 
and  his  grateful  remembrance  of  himself. 

"This  is  a  circumstance  most  unexi)ected!" 
cried  the  Count.  "  Why  did  you  not  write  ami 
tell  me  that  you  wore  coming,  niy  dearest  friend? 
I  did  not  know  that  yon  were  in  Italy.  But 
])crhaps  you  wished  to  give  mo  a  surj)rise?" 
And  then  the  Count  asked  after  all  the  friends 
in  America,  for  whom  he  still  evinced  the  ten- 
derest  attachment. 

On  being  questioned  he  related  his  own  sub- 
sequent adventures.  After  leaving  Ainerier,  he 
went  at  once  to  Turin.  Though  ])roscribed  in 
Lomhardy  he  was  free  in  I'iedinont.  He  man- 
aged to  communicate  secretly  with  his  relatives 
in  Milan,  and  lived  comfintaldy.  At  length  he 
became  aware  of  the  great  movement  oti  foot 
which  ended  in  the  Italian  war.  He  had  thrown 
himself  altogether  in  the  good  cause,  and,  with- 
out being  at  all  disheartened  by  his  former  mis- 
fortunes, he  embarked  energetically  in  the  cur- 
rent of  events.     lie  was  at  once  recognized  by 


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own  snb- 
LincriiT.  lie 
[isciilieil  in 

He  mnn- 
|s  relatives 

IciiRth  he 
lit  on  foot 
Jiid  thrown 
Innd,  wilh- 
lirmer  niis- 
In  the  ciir- 
Ignized  by 


tho  S;)Vt'iniMi\  finvcrnnicnt  n«  n  powcrt'ul  ro-  in<lcp(l,  Imd  liorno  lior  burden   fur  ditriTciiilv 

cniil,  luid  ii|>|icilnted  to   an  iin|i(irtant  niilitiiry  iVnni  Flcjrcnee.      INith  Initcd  tlio  Inrci^iiicr ;  hut 

rdiiuiiiuid.       Finally  war  wns   declared.     'I'liu  tlie  latter  eoidd  be  ^'iiy,  and  sniilinj;,  and  Irilliiii: 

Freneli  eanio,  tlie  Count  liml  taken  n  consjiien-  e\en  under  hei  eliain-i;    iIiIm  tiie  toiiiier  cinild 

on-i  )iart    in   the  events  tif  the    war,  had  been  never  lie.     The  thiiiijjhtfid,  earnest,  and  m  in  •- 

liresent  at  every  bailie,  and  had  been  )iroiniileil  what  jiensive  Milan  'hu  was  inure  to  the  Sena- 

for  hU  pallant  eoiidMct.      Fortunately  lio  had  tor's  fasi(!  than  the  brilliant  and  (^iddy  Fhren- 

iiot  once  been  woinidi'd.  tine.     These,  tliouj,'lit  he,  may  well  be  a  iVeo 

On  the  oeiMi|ialion  of  Milan  hy  tho  Allies  ho  i)uo)ile. 
bad  r('),'aiiied  all  his  ri;;hts,  litles,  |rrivilencs,  and        Mon'ovor,  tho  Senator  visited  the  (i  ',i. 

e-tates.      lie  was  a  hapiiy  man.     Uis  ten  years  theibal,  and  ascended  to  the  suiiiniit.      ...iv- 

(pf  exile  had  L'iven  him  a  liit;lier  cai>aeity  for  en-  ii)|4  there  his  thoiij,'hts  were  not  taken  up  liy  the 

joyineiit.      Ho  looked  forward  to  a  lifi!  of  honor  innuinerable  statues  of  sih)W. white   marhh',  or 

and  usefulness.      He  Inid  fo.md  joy  li;irder  to  tho  countless  'innacles   (jf  ex(iuisito  seidiitmo 

endure  than  prief ;  the  reunion  with  nil  his  ohl  that  extended  all  iiround  like  a  facred  forest 

f'-iends  and  relations,  the  jiresencc  of  all  the  fa-  filled  with  saints  and  angels,  but  rather  to  the 

miliar  scenes  of  his  native  land  hail  all  well-nipli  f^ceiie  that  lay  beyond. 

overeonie,  him.      Yet  ho  assureil  Dick  that  no        There  spK  ad  away  a  prospect  which  was  su- 

frii'ud  with  whom  he  hail  met  was  more  welcome  jierior  in  his  eyes  to  any  ihinp  that  he  had  ever 

to  his  sipht  than  he,  and  tho  joy  that  he  fidt  at  seen  before,  nor  had  it  ever  entered  his  uiiinl  to 

seeing  him  hiul  only  been  exceeded  once  in  his  coneeivo  such  a  imitehless  se(  ne.      The  wid(! 

life — that  one  time  having  been  on  t\n'  occasion  jdainsof  Loinbardy,  preen,  plorious.  poMen  willi 

uf  tho  entrance  of  the  Allies  into  Milan.  the   richest   and    most    inexhausiilile    I'orlility; 

Aiul  now  that  h;!  was  here,  where  was  his  vast  oceanf  of  praiii  and  rice,  with  islands  i,{' 


hi;.'gage  ?  Did  he  cotn<!  wiiliont  it?  There 
was  certainly  only  one  |dace  in  the  city  where 
he  coidd  stop.       He  must  remain  nowheie  else 


dark-preen  trees  that  bori;  untold  wealth  of  all 
maimer  of  fruit ;  white  villas,  little  bainleis, 
dose-packed  villapes,  dotted  the  wide  expanse. 


hut  here.  Dick  modestly  excused  himself.  He  with  the  larpcr  forms  of  many  n.  ])oi)ulous  town, 
was  scarcely  jirejinrcd.  He  was  travellinp  in  He  looked  to  the  north  and  to  the  west.  The 
company  witli  tVieiuls,  and  would  hardly  like  to    idain  spread  away  for  many  a  loapne,  till  tho 


leave  them.  The  Count  looked  reproachfidly 
at  him.  Did  ho  hesitate  about  that?  Why, 
his  IVieuds  also  inu'^t  come.  lie  would  have  no 
refusal.  They  all  must  come.  They  would  bo 
as  welcome  as  himself  He  wodd  po  with  Dick 
to  his  hotel  in  jicrson  and  brinp  his  tViends  there. 
In   a   short  time  the  Count  and  Dick   had 


purple  mountains  arose  as  a  barrier,  rislup  n|> 
till  they  touched  the  overlastiiip  ice.  He  lonked 
to  the  east  and  south.  There  the  plains  si lelcli- 
ed  away  to  the  horizon  in  illimitable  extent. 

"  \Vhat  a  country  !  All  cleared  tool  Kv- 
ery  acre!  And  the  villapes!  ^Vhy,  there  arc 
thousands  if  there  is  one!     Dear!  dear!  dear! 


drivt'ii   to  the  hotel,  where  the  furiner  pressed  How  can  I  have  the  heart  lo  blow  ali'mr  New 

upon  the  Senator  and  Huttous  an  invitation  to  I'.nphind  ur  lioston  after  that  there  I      l>altons, 

his  house.      They  were  not  allowetl  to  refuse,  why  don't  somelio<ly  tell  aliout  all  this  to  the 

but  were  taken  away,  and  belVire  they  fairly  nu-  folks  at  home  and  sto|)  their  everhistinp  brap- 

derstood  tho  unexpected  occurrence  they  were  pinp?     Hut" — after  a  loiip  jianse — "I'll  do  it! 

all  installed   in  mapnificent  apartments  in  the  I'll  ilo  it  I — this  very  night.     I'll  write  about  it 


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CHArTEll  LV. 

IN  VIIirTI  lU'TTOXS  WItlTIJS  A  I-ETTEH  ;  AND  IN 
WniLlI  TIIR  Cl.lll  LOSES  AN  I.Ml'OKTANT  MICM- 
i;i;i{.— SMALL  IJV  DEOUEES  AM)  BEALTIFULLY 
J.ESS. 


I'alazzo  Gonfaloniere. 

IJuttons's   ac(iuaintance   with   the   lanpuape, 
literature,  manners,  and  customs  of  Italy  made 
him  n]>iu'cciate  his  advanlapes;   the  friendship 
of  tho  Count  prevented  Dick  from  feelinp  otii- 
erwise  than  perfectly  at  home ;   and  as  for  the 
Senator,  if  it  had  been  possible  for  him  to  feel 
otherwise,  his  experience  of  hipli  life  at  Flor- 
ence would  have  enabled  him  to  bear  himself        Bit  all  things,  however  pleasant,  must  have 
serenely  here.      His  complete  self-possession,    an  cud,  so  their  stay  in  Milan  soon  ajiiiroached 
his  nnfalterinp  gaze,  his  calm  countenanee,  wcro    its  termination, 
never  for  a  moment  disturbed.  |      Buttons  and  the  Senator  were  both  quite  will- 

Tl:e  Count  had  been  lonp  enough  in  Amer-  inp  to  leave.  The  departure  of  the  Spaniards 
ica  to  appreciate  a  man  of  the  stam])  of  the  had  taken  away  the  charm  of  Milan.  They  had 
Senator;  he  therefore  from  the  very  first  treat-  already  returned  to  Sjiain,  and  had  urged  Hat- 
ed him  with  marked  resjieet,  which  was  heipht-  tons  very  strongly  to  aecoin]iaiiv  them.  It  cost 
eiied  when  Dick  tcid  him  of  the  Senator's  him  a  proat  struggle  to  decline,  but  lie  did  so 
achievements  durinp  the  ]iast  few  weeks.  Tho  from  certain  conscientious  motives,  and  iironiised 
brilliant  society  which  surrounded  the  Count  to  do  so  after  going  o  I'aris.  So  there  was  an 
was  quite  different  from  that  which  the  Senator  aponizinp  separation,  and  all  that.  At  his  room 
had  found  in  Florence.  The  people  wore  Buttons  unbosomed  himself  to  his  fi  lends, 
equally  cultivated,  but  more  serious.  They  had  '•  I'll  bepin  nt  the  beginning,"  said  he,  direct- 
less  excitability,  but  more  deep  feeling.     jMilan,    irg  his  remarks  more  particular'y  to  tl  c  Senator. 


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1  ' 
t,  i 

I 


"My  fiither  is  ti  rich  niiui,  tlioii^^li  you  mny 
I'ot  think  I  live  very  iniicli  liii(3  ii  rich  miin's 
y'U.  Tiie  fact  is,  lie  is  ilrcadfully  afraid  that  I 
V. ill  turn  out  a  spciultlirift.  So  hcfjuvc  nic  only 
a  moderate  sum  on  which  to  travel  on  through 
Kuro])e.  So  far  I  have  succeeded  very  well. 
I^xciise  my  l)lnshcs  while  I  make  tlie  sweet  con- 
tossion.  The  Seflorita  w  iioni  we  all  admire  will, 
some  of  tliese  days,  I  trust,  ('Xih:ini;e  the  music- 
al name  of  Franuia  for  tlie  jilaiiier  one  of  Btit- 
ii  ns." 

Tho  Senator  smilcil  with  mild  and  jiaternal 
ajjiiroliation,  and  siiook  IJutions  by  the  hand. 

"It's  all  arranged,'  continued  Huttoiis,  with 
snect  confusion.  "  Now,  under  tlic  circuni- 
-Janccs,  yon  miglit  think  it  natural  tliatlshould 
^<>  back  with  tlieiu  to  Spain."' 

"  1  should  certainly.     Why  don't  you  ?"' 

"  For  two  reasons.  The  first  is,  I  have  bare- 
ly enough  tin  left  to  take  me  to  I'aris." 

At  once  both  the  Senator  and  Dick  offered 
to  make  unlimited  advances.  liuttons  niade  a 
dejirecitory  gcstin-e. 

"I  know  well  that  I  could  look  to  you  for 
any  help  in  any  way.  l!ut  that  is  not  the  rea- 
son »vhy  I  don't  go  to  Sjiain.  I  have  money 
enough  for  my  wants  if  I  don't  go  there." 

"  What  is  the  real  r(Mson,  then  ?'' 

"  iVei;,  I  thought  that  in  an  nfVair  of  this 
kind  it  would  be  just  as  well  to  get  the  Gov- 
ernor's concurrence,  and  so  I  thonglit  I'd  droji  a 
lino  to  him.  I've  just  got  the  letter  written, 
and  I'll  put  it  in  the  mail  tliis  evening." 

"You  have  done  liglit,  my  boy,"  said  the 
Senator,  paternally.  "  Tliere  are  many  excel- 
lent reasons  for  getting  your  father's  consent  in 
an  alfair  like  tliia."' 

•'  I  don't  mind  reading  you  what  I  liave  writ- 
ten,'' said  Buttons,  "if  you  care  about  heaiing 
it." 

"  ( )l!,  if  you  have  no  objection,  we  should  like 
to  hear  very  nmeii,"  said  Dick. 

Whereuiion  Buttons,  taking  .a  letter  from  his 
I'oekct,  rend  as  follows : 

"  Di'AR  rATur.ii,— I  liiivo  rnilpiivorcd  tutnllovv  out  your 
i.'Hti'iK'tinin  iiiiil  lie  iM  cciiiiiiinii':!!  ns  invi^ililc. 

"liming  my  tour  tlirmiu'li  Itiily  I  liiiv.'  uiadp  the  no- 
(I'uiiutiinci!  of  till'  .-I'liinr  nii'uiljcr  of  the  liuusc  i.l  rniiirin, 
ill  Cidiz,  .'i  ^Mntlcniin  with  hIhuh  yon  nw  iiciiiriiiitcd. 
Ill'  WHS  inivclliiii;  v  iili  liis  two  nislcr-.  I'lu'  yuiiniror  cpoo 
i^  very  nuii.ilili'.  As  1  kr.ow  you  hi  ulil  lilii'  tn  M'f  liieset- 
tkil  I  liHVi>  I'fiiui'stiiil  liiT  liiiiiil  ill  uiiuri.'iuc. 

"  .\s  I  wisli  to  111'  m.^iricil  iH'fT''  my  iciiini  I  tli  Mislit 
I  wonlil  let  you  loiou-.  Of  roiirsi'  in  iillyiiii;  mvMlf  to  ii 
MciiiliiT  of  si)  wc'iiltliy  a  fiiiiiily  I  will  iii'oil  !■!  iloit  in  j;"oil 
styli'.  Wlmtuvcr  yon  ciin  siml  mu  will  theiufoie  liuiinito 
iiC('i<|iIm1i1o. 

'» I'li'iisii  rpn'y  imii cliiitdly  on  receipt  of  tills,  nildrcss- 
iiig  iiiii  lit  I'lnis  MS  licfori'. 

"  .\iiil  vi'iy  niiicli  olili;:o  i:.  DfTTONS." 

"Well,"  said  the  Senator,  "that's  a  sensHile 
letter.  It's  to  the  point.  I'm  glad  to  see  tliat 
you  are  not  so  foolish  as  most  lads  in  your  sit- 
uation. Wiiy  sliould  not  a  man  talk  as  wisely 
about  a  )iartiiershi])  of  this  kind  as  of  any  otiier? 
I  do  declare  that  these  rha|isodies,  this  high- 
lilown,  high-flown,  sentimental  twaddle  is  uau- 
Keatiiig." 

"  You  see,  Dick,"  said  Buttons,  "I  must  write 
a  letter  which  will  have  weight  with  the  old 


'  gentleman.     He  likes  the  terse  business  style. 

I  think  that  little  hint  about  her  fortune  is  well 

managed  too.     That's  a  great  deal  lietter  than 

i  iioring  him  w  itli  the  state  of  my  atl'ections.    I,-n't 

|it?" 

"There's  nothing  like  adajiting  yotir  stylo  to 
the  dispoaitiou  of  the  person  you  adthess,'' said 
Dick. 

I      "  Well,  said  the  Senator,  "  you  propose  to 
start  to-morrow,  do  you  ?'' 

"Yes,"  said  Buttons. 

"I'm  agreed  then.     I  was  just  beginning  to 

get  used  up  myself.     I'm  an  active  man,  and 

j  wiieii  I've  squeezed  all  thejiiiee  out  of  a  place  I 

want  to  throw  it  away  and  go  to  anotiicr.     What 

do  you  say,  Dick  ?     You  are  silent." 

"Well',  tot.'!!  ;):"  truth,"  said  Dick,  "  I  don't 
care  about  leaving  j  ist  yet.  Gonfaloniere  ex- 
'  pects  me  to  stay  longer,  and  he  would  feel  hurt 
if  I  hurried  (dV.  I  am  very  sorry  that  you  arc 
both  going.  It  would  be  cajiital  if  you  cotdd 
oidy  wait  here  a  montli  or  so." 

"jV  month  I",  cried  Buttons.  "  I  cuuldn't 
stand  it  aiuither  day.  Will  nothing  induce  you 
to  come  ?     What  can  wc  do  without  you  ?" 

"What  can  I  do  without  you?''  said  Dii  k, 
with  some  emotion. 

"Well.  Dirk,"  said  the  Sen.ator,  "I'm  really 
]iained.  I  feel  something  like  a  sense  of  lie- 
reavement  at  tho  very  idea.  I  thought,  ot' 
course,  we  would  keep  together  till  our  feet 
toucheil  the  sacred  soil  once  more.  But  I  leav- 
en seems  to  have  ordained  it  otherwise.  1  felt 
bad  when  Figgs  and  the  Doctor  left  tis  at  Flor- 
ence, but  now  I  feel  worse  by  a  long  chalk. 
Can't  you  manage  to  cfiint'  along  nohow?" 

"No,"  s;iid  Dick.  "I  really  can  not.  I 
rcallv  must  stay.' 

'•'Wl;at!  must!" 

"Yes.  must!" 

The  Senator  sighed. 


CIlArTFll  LVI. 

THE    FAITIIFfl,    OM".  I   —  TIAUTS,     iM^TnACTION, 

lovk's  vows,  (>vi:i;i'()Vi  i:uin(!   sckm;  at  Tin; 

MF.F.TIN(i     111'     TWO     FOMi     ONES.  —  (  i).Vl'Lt:TE 
UUEAK-DOWN  (If  Tin;  1I!>T('.U1A\. 

Anoi'T  a  montii  .after  tho  departure  of  the 
Senator  and  liuttons  iVoiu  Milan,  Dick  re-aj;- 
]ieared  ui'on  the  scene  at  Komc,  in  front  of  the 
little  church  wliich  had  burne  so  iirominent  a 
jiart  in  his  fortmu-s;  tiiie  to  his  love,  to  his 
hopes,  to  his  promises,  .vitii  umliminished  ardor 
and  imabatcd  resoliitii;i.  lie  found  the  radio 
Liguori  there,  who  at  av.co  took  him  tn  his  room 
in  a  building  adjoiniii.;  the  church. 

"Welcome!"  said  he,  in  a  tone  of  the  dee])- 
cst  pleasure.  "Welcome!  It  has  been  more 
than  ft  jiassing  fancy,  then." 

"  It  is  the  only  real  purpose  of  my  life,  I  as- 
sure you." 

"  I  must  believe  you,''  said  Liguori,  jircssing 
his  hand  once  more. 

"  And  now,  ^\liere  is  I'epita?" 


' 


THE  DODGE  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLLX. 


K 


rHACTION. 

AT  Tin; 

OMri.tTK 

of  tlie 
iok  i'0-:i]> 
(Hit  of  the 
iiiiicnt  a 
VI',  lo  liis 
licil  ardor 
tlic  rii.lro 
'  his  nuir.i 


"  She  is  !n  Home." 

"  May  I  sec  her  at  once?" 

"  IIow  at  once  ?" 

"Well,  to-day." 

"No,  not  to-day.  Ilcr  brother  wishes  to  see 
you  first.  I  imist  go  and  lot  tlieni  both  know 
ihiit  yon  are  liere.  lint  slie  is  well  and  has 
b.a'ii  so." 

Dicic  looked  relieved.  After  some  conversa- 
tion Lisnori  told  Dick  to  retnrn  in  an  hour,  and 
he  could  see  the  Count.  After  waitinj;  most 
impatiently  Dick  came  liack  ii^'ain  in  an  hour. 
<  )ii  enteriuL,'  he  found  Luij^i.  lie  was  dress- 
ed as  a  Kciitloniiin  this  time.  He  was  a 
stron.'ly  knit,  well-mailc  man  of  about  thirty, 
witii  strikingly  handsome  and  aristocratic  feat- 
ures. 

"Let  me  make  my  jieace  with  you  at  once,'' 
said  lie,  with  the  utmost  courtesy.  "Yon  are 
a  bravo  man,  and  must  be  generous.  I  have 
done  you  wrongs  for  which  I  shall  never  forgive 
myself;''  and  taking  Dick's  outstretched  hand, 
he  pressed  it  heartily. 

"  Say  nothing  about  it,  I  beg,''  said  Dick  ; 
"  yon  were  justilied  in  what  you  did,  though 
you  may  have  been  a  little  hasty." 

"  Had  1  not  been  blinded  by  passion  I  woi;i  1 
have  b^-en  incapable  of  such  a  iiiece  of  coward- 
ice. Hilt  I  have  hail  inneli  to  endure,  and  I 
was  always  afraid  about  her." 

With  the  utmost  frankness  the  two  men  re- 
ceived eacli  other's  explanations,  and  t  c  great- 
est cordiality  arose  at  once.  Dick  insisted  on 
Luigi's  taking  dinner  with  him,  and  Liiigi. 
laughingly  deelaiing  that  it  would  be  a  sign  of 
jieace  to  eat  bread  and  salt  together,  went  with 
Diek  to  his  hotel. 

As  they  entered  Dick's  apartments  Gonfa- 
loniere  was  lounging  near  the  window.  He  had 
accompanied  Dick  to  Kome.  He  started  at  the 
sight  of  Jjiiigi. 

"God  in  Heaven  !"  he  cried,  bounding  to  his 
feet. 

"  Ugo  I"  exclaimed  the  other. 

"Liiigi!" 

And  the  two  men,  in  true  Italian  fashioii, 
sprang  into  one  another's  arms. 

"And  is  my  best  friend,  and  oldest  friend, 
the  brother  of  your  betrothed':"  asked  Gonfa- 
louiere  of  Dick. 

But  Diek  only  nodded.  lie  was  quite  mys- 
tified by  all  this.  An  explanation,  however, 
".as  soon  made.  The  'wo  had  been  educated 
together,  and  had  fought  side  by  side  in  the 
great  movements  of  '4S,  under  Garibaldi,  and 
ill  Loinbardy. 

For  full  an  hour  these  two  friends  asked  one 
another  a  torrent  of  questions.  Luigi  asked 
Gonfaloniere  about  his  exile  in  America  ;  where- 
upon the  other  described  that  exile  in  glowing 
terms — how  ho  londcd  in  Boston,  how  Dick, 
then  little  more  than  a  lad,  bccmne  acquainted 
^vitii  iiim,  and  how  true  a  friend  he  Iiad  been  in 
bis  misery.  The  animated  words  of  (Jonfalon- 
iere  produced  a  striking  etl'iH't.  Luigi  swore 
eternal   friendship  with  Dick,  and  finally   de- 


clared that  ho  must  come  and  sec  Pcpita  that 
very  ilay. 

ISo,  leaving  Gonfalrtniere  Mith  the  jiromisc  of 
seeing  him  again,  Luigi  walked  with  Dick  out 
to  the  jilaec  where  he  lived.  The  reason  why 
ho  had  not  wanted  him  to  see  I'epita  that  day 
was  because  he  was  a>hained  of  their  lodgings. 
But  that  had  jiassed,  and  as  he  understood  Dick 
better  he  saw  there  was  no  reason  for  sucli 
!-hamc.  It  Wi'.s  a  house  within  a  few  rods  of 
the  church. 

Dick's  heart  throbbed  violently  as  he  entered 
the  door  after  Luigi  and  ascended  the  steps  in- 
side the  court-yard.  Luigi  pointed  to  a  doui' 
and  drew  back. 


(J 


Diek  knocked. 
The  door  opened. 
"  I'epita !" 

To  describe  such  a  meeting  is  sini;.ly  out  of 
the  question. 

"I  knew  yon  would  com?,"'  said  she,  after 
about  one  solid  hour,  ii\  which  not  a  single  ia- 
telligilile  word  was  uttered. 

"And  for  you!     Oh,  I'epita!" 

"Yon  do  not  think  now  tiiat  I  was  cruel?'' 
and  a  warm  flush  ovcrsjiread  the  lovely  face  of 
the  young  girl. 

"Cruel!''  (and  Die!;  makes  her  sco  that  he 
positively  does  not  think  so). 

"  I  could  not  do  otherwise." 

"I  love  you  too  well  to  doubt  it."' 

".Mv  brother  hated  voii  so.     It  would  have 


l! 


; 

M 

I 


132 


THE  DODGE  CLUB;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


liccn  impossible.  Aiul  I  couKl  not  woiiiul  his 
llelinRs." 

"  He's  a  splcmlid  fellow,  and  voii  were  right." 

'•I'lulre  Lij;iioii  showed  him  what  you  were, 
and  I  tried  to  explain  a  little,"  added  I'epita, 
shyly. 

'•  Heaven  hless  I'adre  Litiuori  I  As  for  yon 
— yon — " 

'"Don't." 

"  AVell,  yonr  lirother  understands  nic  at  last, 
lie  knows  that  I  love  you  su  well  that  I  would 
die  for  you."' 

Tears  eanic  into  I'ejiita'.s  eyes  as  tlie  sudden 
rceollcetion  arose  of  Dick's  misadventure  on  the 
road. 

"Do  you  rcmemher,"  asked  Dirk,  softly,  af;- 
er  about  three  hours  and  twenty  minutes — "  do 
you  remendier  how  I  once  wished  that  I  was 
walking  with  you  on  a  road  that  would  go  on 
forever  ?" 

"Yes." 

"  Well,  we're  on  that  track  now." 

[Tlio  lli-^tiniim  of  tlio.-if  nilvinitiires  fepl-i  nio?t  keenly 
li'rt  utter  iii.iilc  iiiacy  to  tlin  riqiiin'mi'iits  of  tlii^  hcciu'. 
Ni'cd  lie  fMV  Hint  tlio  (xliove  (lispiiptioii  is  .1  rimipluic 
Ji  :sco  f    KnaJer,  your  iiim.^iuati  jn,  if  you  please.] 


CIIAPTKIi  LVII. 

THE    DOIICK    CI.UH    IN    I'AUI.S    ONCH    MOUE. — 15UT- 
TONS'S   "JOI.LV   GOOD  HEALTH." 

Not  very  Ions  after  the  events  alluded  'o  in 
the  Ir.st  ciia]iter  a  iirilli.'iut  dinner  was  piven  in 


I'aris  at  the  "  Hotel  de  Lille  et  d'Albion."  On 
the  arrival  of  the  Srn:itor  and  JJuttons  at  I'aris 
they  had  found  Mr.  li;;{;sand  the  Doctor  witli- 
oiit  any  trouble.  Tiie  meeting  was  a  raptinous 
one.  The  Dodj^e  Club  was  again  an  entity, 
althongh  an  imiiortant  member  was  not  there. 
On  this  occasion  the  one  who  gave  the  dinner 
was  IJttto.ss  I 

All  the  delicacies  of  the  season.  In  fact,  a 
lunijuct.  !Mr.  Fijigs  shone  res]ilendently.  If 
a  factory  was  the  sjihere  of  the  Senator,  a  supjier- 
table  was  the  ]dacc  for  Mr.  Fijrgs.  The  others 
felt  that  they  had  never  before  known  fully  all 
the  dcjith  of  feeling,  of  fancy,  and  (jf  seulinient 
that  lurked  under  that  jilaeid,  smooth,  and  rosy 
exterior.  The  Doctor  was  ciii^rammatic  |  the 
Senator  sententious  ;  Uutioiis  ujiroarious. 

Dick's  health  was  drunk  in  bunijiers  with  all 
the  honors : 

"  Fur  hl''.^  n  jnllv  poorl  fc-o-p-o-f'-p-llmv  ! 
Kiir  lie's  a  jelly  K'kkI  fe-e-i'-(-i-c-Ui:v  .' .' 
For  lii'N  a  jolly  good  ii:-f,  KF.-K-r.-Li.ow  1 1 
Wliicli  nobody  can  deny;" 

All  this  time  Buttons  was  more  joyous,  more 
radiant,  and  nltogetiier  more  extravagant  than 
usual.  The  others  asked  themselves,  "Why  ?  ' 
In  the  course  of  the  evening  it  became  known. 
Taking  advantage  of  a  short  jiaiise  in  the  con- 
versation he  eontmiinicated  the  startling  fact 
that  he  had  that  day  received  a  letter  fioni  his 
father. 

'  Slialllrcadit?" 

"  Ayk  I  I  1"  unanimously,  in  tones  of  thm- 
der. 


•'  U:;'8  A  JOI,I.T  GOOD  FKLI.OW  1 


THE  DODGE  CLUB ;  OR,  ITALY  IN  MDCCCLIX. 


Buttons  opened  it  and  rend  : 

"  Deah  Son, — Your  catc'eiucd  favor,  15th  ult.,  I  Imve 
#.c'. 

"I  lies  leave  hereby  to  express  my  concurronca  with 
yo;ir  iltMign. 

"My  connection  with  tlie  house  of  Frnncia  hna  been  of 
the  most  siitiafiictory  kiuJ.  J  have  uo  duubt  tUut  yours 
will  be  eciually  en. 

"  I  inclose  you  draft  on  ^^fiss.  Diipont  Geraud,  et  Cie  of 
Paris,  fur  $50)0— ?iiy  five  thousand  dollars— rec'  of  which 
))Iea?e  ncknowled^-e.  If  this  sum  is  insufficient  you  are  at 
liberty  to  draw  for  what  may  be  required. 

"  I  r.  main,  llm.vM  Rcttons." 

Thunders  of  applause  arose  as  Buttons  folded 
the  letter. 


133 

A  speech  from  the  Senator  proposed  the 
health  of  Buttons  Senior. 

Anotiier  from  the  Doctor. 

Anotiier  from  Mr.  FipRs. 

Acknowledgment  hy  Buttons. 

Announcement  by  Buttons  of  immediate  de- 
parture for  Cadiz. 

Wild  cheers.     Buttons's  jolly  good  health  ! 

•'  For  lie's  n  jolly  good  fc-c-e-e^-c-llow ! 
For  he's  a  jolly  pood  fe-e-e-e-i.  •e-llow .' ! 
for  bo's  a  jolly  pood  fe-e-e-e-f.-e-llovv  1 1 ! 
Which  nobody  cau  deny:" 


THE     EN». 


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ILViirEirS  LIBURV  OF  SELECT  NOVELS. 


Messrs.  ILvRrEU  &  BROTiinns  Lcj;  le.aA'o  to  call  .attention  to  tbo  following  revised 
.111(1  enlarged  list  of  their  "  Library  of  Select  Novels,"  and  to  the  reduced  2)y'K-'cs. 

Tho  list  lias  been  increased  in  number  and  interest  by  tlio  addition  of  many  ■works 
of  liction  by  leading  novelists  of  the  day,  whoso  productions  have  hitherto  appearjd  in 
nioro  expensive  fonn  [see  numbers  4'JI}  to  TjUo  of  aceoiiipaiiyiiig  list].  Tlie  scries  has 
been  long  before  tho  public,  and  its  interest  iind  sterling  value  have  been  generally 
recognized.  Well- informed  readers  of  liction  have  considered  the  appearance  of  a 
novel  in  this  series  to  be  always  a  guarantee  of  merit. 


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211. 
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22. 
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Tho  N(.i;;hl)ors.     l!y  Miss  liiemer ?•> 

Nina,     liy  .Mi^s  liionicr .15 

Tho  I't-i  siiU'iit'.s  liiuighti'i'.s.     Hy  Misn  ISicnier. .  2(1 

The  IliinkiM's  Wife,     liy  Mr.s.  (ioro ".5 

The  liiithriKht.     liy  Mi?.  (lore 20 

New  Sketches  of  I'.very-diiy  Life.  l!y  .Mis8Hiemer  85 

Ariibcllii  Stimit.     Ky  .liiines  i!5 

The  (triiiiililer.     liy  Miss  I'icki'riiiir .15 

TlKiriiloved  (Hie.     liv  Mrs.  IIoIIiiihI 4il 

.Iiickof  the  Mill.     l)v  Willi.iiii  Ilowitt 2o 

Thellerelie.     liy  l.ii.ietchilikoir 40 

The  .lew.     liv  Spindier 50 

Arthur,     liy  Sue 40 

Chiitsworlh.     liy  Ward 30 

The  I'raiiie  nird.     Hy  C.  A.  Murray 50 

Amy  llerhert.     Hv  ^ii.ss  Sowell .15 

Uosn  d'Alhret.     liy.liime.^ 40 

The  TriniMiihs  of  Time.     liv  Mrs.  Marsh 4" 

The  11 I'.uiiily.     liy  Miss  Ilivmer 40 

The  (irandfather.'   Hy  .Mis.s  I'ickering .10 

Arrah  Neil.    Ity  Jaiiie.4 .15 

The, lilt 35 

Tales  from  the  (ierman 25 

,\rHiiir  Arundel.     Ity  11.  Smith 40 

A|;ilicourt.     liv  .Tames 40 

The  Ke^'cul's  l^aunhter 35 

The  .Maid  of  llcmor 25 

Sali.i.     Ity  Dc  Iteaiivoir 25 

Look  to  the  i;nd.     li>      rs.  i;ilis 40 

The  Improvlsnlorp.     Itv  Amlersen 30 

Tho  Clauilder'rt  Wife.     Uy  .Mrs.  Grey 40 

Veronica,     liy  Zschokke 25 

Zoe.     Hy  MIhb  Jewshury .15 

Wyoming 30 

l)e  Uohaii.     Hy  Sue 40 

Self,     liy  the  Author  of  "Cecil" 50 

The  ."'mugKler.    Hy.Iamei< 50 

The  Hreacli  of  rroniise 35 

rnrsonage  of  Mora.     Hv  Miss  lirenier. 20 

A  Chance  Medley.     Ity  T.  V.  tiiattan .15 

The  White  Slave 50 

Tho  Hosom  Friend.     IJy  Mrs. Grey 35 

Amnurv.     Hv  lliimas 25 

The  Author's"  Dauchter.     Hy  Mary  Ilowitt 20 

Only  a  I'iddlerl  <Vc.     Hy  .Vndersen 50 

The  Whlteboy.     Hy  Mrs.  Hall 40 

Tho  Foster-Hrother.     lOdited  by  l.eitrh  Hunt.. .  40 

I.ove  and  .Mesmerism.     Hy  II.  Smilli 50 

Ascanio.     Hy  Himuis 50 

Ijidv  of  Milan.     Kdited  by  Mrs.  Thomson 50 

Tbo"(  'itizen  of  I'rngue fiO 

The  lioyal  Favorlle.     Hy  Mrs.  Gore 35 

The  Queen  of  Denmavk.     Hy  Mr.s.  Gore .15 

Tho  Fives,  &c.     Hy  Ti(X'k 40 

T.5,  Tho  Step-Mother.     Hy  Janiea (10 

Jcssic'n  Flirtatious. . . .- 80 


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77.  Chevalio''  :!'lIan.ieMtal.    Hy  nnm:\3 .•fd  ;;5 

7-<.   I'eers  iilel  I'"",  eliiis.     Hy  .Sirs,  linie i;^ 

7'.'.  The  (omuiander  of  Malta.     Hy  Sue 28 

SO.  The  Female  .Mini>ter 25 

81.  Fniilia  W  yndliani.     Hy  Mrs.  Marsh 40 

82.  The  liiish-'i;au'.,'er.     liy  (.'liarles  Kowcioft 40 

83.  Till!  Chioiiicluii  of  Cloveriiouk 20 

84.  Genevieve,     liy  l.aniartiue 20 

S.5.  l.ivoTiiaii  Tales 20 

8i!.  I.eltice  Aniiild.     liv  Mrs.  .Marsh 20 

87.  Father  Dai cv.     liy  Mrs.  Marsh 40 

SS,  I.eoiiliiie.     Hv  Mrs.  Mahirly 40 

S'.>.  Ileiilelhciv'.   'liy  .lames 40 

ill).  I.ucretia.    Hy  liulwer 40 

'.•1.   liiaiichauip.    liv, lames 40 

02,  94.  Foitesciie.     Hy  Kuowles." fid 

03.  I  )Hniel  I  )enison.  .S.'c.      Hy  Mrs.  Holland 30 

'.'5.  GiuiiMars.     Hv  Ho  Vi;.-nv 40 

ill).   W.imair.s  Trills.     Hy  Mis.  S.  ('.  Hall .50 

!i7.  The  (lastle  of  i;hrenstein.     Hy  James 35 

OS.  .Marriage.     Hv  .Miss  S.  I'errii  r 40 

no.  Koland  Cashe'l.     Hv  I.ever     Illusiratod 75 

100.  .Martins  of  (  r..'  Martin.     Uy  Lever fiO 

101.  llu'sill.     Hy.Iame-- 40 

l(i2.  A  Siui|de  Sl'orv.     liv  Mis.  Inclibald 30 

l(i:i.  Nnrman's  Hriiif,'e.     Hy  .Mrs.  .Mur.-li 35 

104.  Alamance 4il 

lo,'!.   Mar.'.'iret  Graham.     Hv  dauirs 20 

lOtl.  The  Wavsido  Crnss.      Hy  i:.  11.  .Milnian 20 

107.   The  Convict.     Hy  .lames 35 

105.  Midsummer  Fve.     Hv  Mrs,  .S  C.  Hall 25 

lo».  .laiio  Kvre.     liy  i  'iirrer  Hell 40 

110.  The  Last  of  till!  Fairies.     Hy, lames 20 

HI.  Sir  Theodore  Hroiifrbton.     liv  .lames 40 

112.  Self-Control.     Hv  Marv  llruiilon ,MI 

113,114.   Harold.     Hy  Ilulwer (50 

11,5.   Ilrothi'r.s  and  Sisters,     liy  Miss  Hrenier 40 

IKi.  Cowrie.     Hy  .Janien 35 

117.  A  Whim  and  its  Consei|uences.     Hy  James 40 

US.  Three  Sisters  and  Tiiree  Fortiine.s.    Hy  G.  II. 

I,e«-es 50 

110.  The  niscipline  of  Life 40 

120.  Tliirtv  Years  Since.     Hv  James 50 

121.  Mary'Haiton.    Hy  .Mrs.  (laskell 40 

122.  The  (ireat  Hofrprarty  Kiamoiid.     Hy  Tliaekerny  20 

123.  The  Forgerv.     Hy  James 40 

124.  The  Midnight  Sim.     Hv  Miss  HreiULr '.-0 

12.5,  12(1.  The  Caxlong.     Hv  Ilulwer 50 

127.   Mordannt  Hall.     Hv  Mrs.  Marsh 40 

125.  My  Fnele  theC'urate 40 

120.  The  Woodman.     Hy  .Iimies 50 

130.  The  Green  Hand.     A  "Short  \arn" 50 

131.  Sidonia  the  Sorceress,     liy  .Meinhuld 51 

132.  Shirlev.     Hy  Currcr  Hell .50 

1,13.  The  o'gilvus 35 

134.  (Jonstancc  I.yndsay.     Hy  G.  C.  11 30 

1.1,5.  Sir  F.dward  (iraham.     Hv  Miss  Sinclair 50 

130.  Hands  not  Hearts.     Hv  .Miss  Wilkinson 30 

137.  Tile  Wilmintrtons.     Hv  Mrs.  Marsh 35 

138.  Ned  Allen.     Hv  1).  Hannav 30 

130.  Nit,'lit  and  Morninfj.     Hy  Ilulwer .50 

140.  The  Maidof(hleaiis 50 

1  141.  Antonina.     Hy  Wilkie  Collins 40 

[  142,  Zanoni.     Hy  ilulwer ,"5 

143.  Ueiiinald  Hastings.     Hy  Warhnrton .15 

!  144.  I'ride  and  Irresolution .15 

145.  The  Old  (lak  Chest,      liy  .lames 40 

i  14l'>.  Julia  Howard.     Hy  Mrs.  .Martin  Hell 30 

147.  Adelahle  Lindsay.     Kdited  by  Mrs.  Marsh 25 

I4S.   Petticoat  (ioveinment.     Hv  Sirs.  Trullopc 40 

140.  The  l.iitlrells.     Hy  F.  Willhims .15 

1.50.  SiuKletoii  Fontenov,  It.N.     Hv  Hanniiy 40 

151.   Olive.     Hy  the  Author  of  "  The  OKilvies" 35 

1.52.  Henry  Smeaton.     Hy  James 50 

153.  Time,  llie  .\vcnger.     Uy  .Mrr.  Marth 35 


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l.Tt.  Tlic  <'mnmiHi<ioncr.    Hv  .Tmimps JO  CO 

l.'..").  'Iliu  Wife's  Si^t^•I•.     ISj'.Mr.^  llubljiick ;i."> 

Ifi'i.  Til.'  (inlil  W..i>liippiv ;•!:> 

jr>T.  Till' l)mii:liti'i- 111  .Ni),'lit.     Ily  I'lilloni 35 

].')■>.  i^liiiirt  I'f  Diiiilciitli.     liy  11(111.  I'uiiiliiio  Nortuii.  'M 

l.V.t,  Artli'ir  Cuiiwiiv.     liy  Ciiptiiiu  IC  II.  Miliimn  . .  40 

li'iil.  'Ilii  I'litp.     l!y'.Iiinii!< 40 

101.  'J'lic  l.iuly  tiiKl  till' l'iii'.'<t.     lly  Ml':!.  Maboily...  il.'i 

10'.'.  Aiiii^  iinil  Olistaiii'S.     liy  Jiviiity fiO 

iii::.  'I'lii'  Tiit'iiVs  Wind :;o 

104.  Iliiriiiiii  S.ickvilli'.    Hy  Mrs.  lliiibiiry Ml 

!«:•.  IliiviiisclitTi'.     r.y  .Mrs.  Maivh 40 

100.  M.uivicc  Tiirnnv.     llv  liuvcr fiO 

lOT.  'llir  lluail  of  ili'c  l-iiniily.     l!y  Mii^a  Miilock fill 

lUS.  Daiieii.      Hy  Wiirbiirtoii 35 

10'.).  lalkcnliiii-;; &1P 

170.  Till'  Daltiiiis.      lly  I.eviT 75 

171.  Ivar;  ni-.  Tin' Skjiit.-'-liDy.     liy  Misd  Carlcii.. .  35 
IT'i.  ro(|iiinilki.     I'.y  j'aino.-i 40 

173.  Anna  Iliiinmir.     liy  Tcninie 40 

174.  A  Mlc  ijf  Vi(•i^Kitll.il■H.     lly  .lames 25 

17.5.  1  lenry  K.-^nmiiil.     liy  Tliackeniy 50 

170,  177.  .My  Nnv.l.     Ily  liiihver 75 

175.  Katie  Stewart 20 

1711.  Cii.'tlo  Avnn.     liy  Mrs.  .Marsh 40 

150.  Akhi's  H.iiel.     liy  .lames 40 

151.  Atjatlm'a  llii.^liaml.    liy  the  Author  of  "  olive"  35 

IS'2.  Villettp.     liy  t'lincr  Hell &0 

1S.^.  Lover's  Stiatiij;!  ni.      liy  .M  iss  «,'arleM 35 

1*4.  ('loiidcil  Ilapiiiiiess.     I'.y  Cc. unless  U'Ur.--ay 30 

1'^.5.  Charles  Aiieliester.     A  Memorial 60 

ISO.  Ijiilv  liie's  Wiilnwhoud 40 

l-<7.  lloilil  I'amily  Aliroa.l.     liy  l.ever CO 

IS-;,  sir  .la.-'per  I'arew.     l!v  Level' 50 

1*9.  Qui.  t  lle:irl ' 20 

I'.M).  Aulmv.     liy  .Mrs.  Mai'.-h 5" 

101.  Ticnii.iero-a.     Itv  .lames 40 

T.I2.  Hard  Times,     liy  Dickens 25 

I'.Ki.  The  ^dmiL;  lliisliaiirl.     l!y.M^^firey !'5 

104.  The  Moihir's  ItemiiipeTHe.     liv  Oraco  Aguilar.  50 

i;t.5.  Avilii >Ve.     r.y  Miss  Miil.iek .' CU 

100.  North  and  S.Mitli.     liv  Mrs.  (iaskell 40 

107.  Country  NeiKliliorhood.     liy  .Miss  Diiimy 40 

10"^.  ('ouslaiice  Ilerliert.     liv  Hiss  .lewsliury 30 

100.  The  Heiress  of  llaughlon.     liy  Mrs.  Marsh 35 

200.  Tlie<ild  D.imininii.     liy.lnmes 4n 

201.  Juhn  Halifax,     liv  the  Author  of  "(Jlivc,"  .^c.  50 

202.  l.velyiiMaistoM.  'liy  Mrs.  Mar.sh 35 

2'I3.  rnrtiines  of  (.hnroie.     liy  I.ever M' 

204.  Leonora  d'di CO.     liv  dames 4o 

20,5.  Nothing  New.     liv  Miss  Mulnek ".I' 

2 'G.  The  Ifose  of  Ashiirst.     liv  .Mrs.  Marsh 3.'. 

'.07.  The  Atheliie_'s.     \w  Mis.  oliphant 5o 

20^^.  Scenes  of  Clerical  l.if(' 50 

20;i.  Mv  l.adv  I.iidhov.     liv  Mrs.  (iaskell 20 

210,211.  Cerald  fit7.','erald.     liv  Lever 40 

212.  A  Life  f.ir  a  Life,     liy  Miss  Miilock 4o 

213.  Sword  and  down,    liy  Cieo.  Lawrence 2o 

214.  Misrepresentation,     liv  Anna  11.  Driirv Co 

215.  The  Mill  on  the  Floss. '  liy  Ucorge  Lliot fm 

210.  One  of  Them,     liv  Lever 5ii 

217.  A  Dav's  lilde.     llv  Lever.     Illustrated 4" 

21-^.  Notice  to  giiit.     liv  Wills 4ii 

210.  A  Stranjje  Story.   '  Illustrated 5(i 

2'jn.  I!rown.,)oni's,  and  Itoliiiison.     llvTn.ll.ipe 35 

221.  Ahel  Drake's  Wife,     liv  .lolin  Saunders 5u 

e'2'-'.  Olive  lilake's  flood  Work,     llv  d.  C.  .leaffreson.  50 

2'J3.  The  I'rofessor's  Ladv.     Illustrated 211 

224.   Jlistress  and  Maid.     I!v  .Miss  Mulock 3U 

22.5.  Aii|-.iia  riiiyd.     I(y  M.  K.  Itrad.h.ii 4" 

2'2(!.  Il.iri  iiii;ton.     Hy  Lever 40 

227.  Sylvia's  Lovers,     liy  .Mrs.  Ciaskc  11 40 

2'2S.  A"  lirst  Friendship 25 

2-2'.l.  A  Dark  Ni^'hl's  Work.     Hv  Mrs,  (iMskell    25 

230.  c;ountes.s  Oisela.     liv  I'.  >iarlitt.     Ilhr-tratod..  3o 

231.  St.  <  Have's,     llv  1  dizii  Tabor 40 

2:1-2.  A  I'oint  . if  Honor .'m 

233.  Live  it  Down,     llv  .leafTicson (In 

234.  Marl  ill  r.di'.     liv  Haunders 3o 

23.5.  Marv  Lvndsav.     Ily  l.adv  I'onsonbv 40 

2.3fi.  I'.leanor's  Viiioiv.     Ily  M.  K.  llraddou.      Ill's.  I'.u 

237.   Hachel  l.'av.     liv  Troljope .".5 

235.  John  M:ii.liinoiit'.«  Lefracj-.      Ily  M.  I"..  Ilraddon  fid 
230.  Annis  W'arleij;lrs  Fortunes.     !!y  Ihdme  Lee. . .  5n 

240.  The  Wife's  i;vidence.     Ily  Wills 4il 

241 .  Itarhar.a's  1  listory.    Ily  Amelia  I).  Fxiward.-f. . . .  50 

212.  t'ousin  riiillis 2ii 

213.  What  will  he  do  with  It?     llv  llnlwer 75 

244.  Th.'  Ladder  of  Life,    liv  Amelia  1!.  I'.dwar.ls. . .  25 


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245.   Penis  Duval.     Hy  Thackeray.     Ilhistrnted $0  25 

240.  .Maurice  Deriiij;.     llv  lie".  l.u« rencc 2.5 

247.   Marga-et  Dciizil's  History fiO 

24S.  Qiiiie  Alone.     Ily  (iioit,'e'Augiistii.s  .Siila.     IH'h.  CO 

2 i:t.   .Matlie :  a  Stray 40 

2.50.  .My  llrothcr'a  Wife.     Hy  Am.  liii  11.  Ldwarda...  25 

251.   I'licle  Silas.     Hy  ,1.  S.Le  1  alio 40 

2.52.  I.nvel  tlie  Widower,     liy  Thaclieray 20 

•2.53.  Miss  Mackeuzic.     liy  Aullhiiy  1  loilniie 35 

•2.54.  On  Cliinrd.     Hy  Annie  Tleiiiiis 40 

2.55.  Tlieo  Leinli.     Ily  Annie  Thomas 40 

250.  Denis  Douue.     liy  Annie  Tlioinius 40 

2.57.  lielial 80 

25S.  (  arry'a  (Jonfessioii firt 

•250.  nisa  Carew.     liy  Amelia  II.  Fdwards S5 

'200.  Hand  and  (ilove.     Hy  Amelia  II.  Kdwurda  ,. ..  SO 

•201.   (;uy  Devcrcll.     Ily  ,).  S.  Le  Fanii 40 

202.  Haifa  .Millimi  of  .Money.  Hy  Amelia  I!,  lid  wards. 

I  Ihistrated 50 

203.  Till'  Helton  F.state.     Hy  Anthony  Tmllope 35 

•204.  Agnes.     Hy  Mrs.  Oliiihant 50 

211.5.  Walter  fioring.     Hy  Annie  Thomas 40 

200.  Maxwell  Drewitt.     Hy  .Mrs.  ,1.  II.  lliddell M 

207.  The  T.iilers  of  the  Sea.   Hv  Victor  llufo.  Ill'a..  50 

20-,.  Miss  .Marjoribanks.     Ily  Mrs.  Oliphant 60 

2iJU.  True  History  of  a  Little  Kagamullin.     Hy  Janiea 

(ireenwood £5 

270.  Gilbert  Itiigge.     Hy  the  Author  of  "A  First 

Friendsliip" CO 

271.  ?aiis  .Meici.    Hy  (ieo.  Lawrence 35 

'272.  IMiemie  Keller.     Hy  Mrs.  d.  II.  liiddull 35 

273.  Land  at  Last.     Ily  Fdniund 'i'ates 41I 

274.  IMi.'c  Holt,  the  liadical.     Hy  (ieorge  i:iiot M) 

275.  Hound  to  the  Wheel.     Hy.fohn  Saunders 50 

270.  All  in  the  Dark.     Hy  .T.  S.  I.o  Fanu SO 

277.   Kissing  the  I!o(l.     liy  IMmuild  Vates 40 

27<.  The  l;ace  for  Wealth.     Hy  Mrs.  d.  II.  Kiddell. .  50 

270.  Lizzie  I.oiton  of  (Ii'eyrigg.     Hy  Mr.».  Linton. ..  M) 

2^0.  The  Heaiiclercs.  lather  anil  Son.     llv  «;.  Clarke  25 

2>L  ?ir  lirook  Fosshrooke.     liy  chiiiles"Lever 50 

2>^2.  MadMiimi  .Mary.     Hy  Mrs.  oliphant 60 

2^3.  Cradock  Nowell.     liy  i;.  D.  lllackiiKU-e CO 

2-^4.  Hernthal.     Iroin  the  (iennan  of  L.  Jliililbacli.  30 

^•^:>.  Lachel's  .'^ccret 40 

2-i(i.  TlieClaverings.     Hv  Antliony Trollopo.     Ill's..  50 
2S7.  The  Village  on  the "clilT.     Hy  Miss  Tliacktray. 

Illustrated 25 

■2**.  riayed  Out.     Hy  Annie  Thomas 411 

!<>.   lilack  Plieep.     Hy  Kdmuud  Yate.f 41) 

i'.iii.  lowing  the  Wind.     Hy  i;.  Lyim  Linton 35 

•201.  Nora  and  .\rcliibaM  Lee 40 

202.   Ilaymoiid's  Henaiie 40 

•203.  Mr.  Wynyard's  Ward.     HvHolmeI.ee 25 

•204.  Alec  Forbes.     Ily  Ce'.rge  'Macdoiiald 60 

•2'.i.5.  No  Man's  Friend.     Hy  F.  W,  Itohin.-dn 50 

200.  Called  to  Account,    liy  Annie  Thomas 40 

207.  Caste 35 

20-*.  The  Curate's  Discipline.     Ily  .Mrs.  lOihiart 40 

•200.   Ciice.     Ily  Hahiiigtoii  While 35 

Hull.  The  Tenants  of  Mal.iy.     Hy  .1.  S.  Le  Fanu...  5il 

30I.  Carlyeii's  Year,     liy  .fames  I'ayii 2.'> 

:;ii2.  The  Waterdalo  Neighbors 35 

:'.li:!.  M.iliel's  I'rogress 40 

:;04.  0 nil. 1  Court.     Hy  Ueo.  Macdonald.     Ill'a 40 

305.  The  Ilrot hers' Het.     liy  .Miss  Cailen 25 

3U0.  riayingf  iilliuliStakes.  Hy  Annie  I'lionms.  lU'd  25 

3117.   Margaret's  Fngagenieiit 25 

3iK.  One  of  the  Fauiiiy.     liy  .lames  I'avu 25 

;!iiO.   Five  Hundred  rounds  ilewaiil.   Ily  a  Hariistcr..  35 

31(1.  llrownlows.     Ily  Mrs.  01i]diaiit 60 

311.  (jliarlolte's  Inheritance,      liv  .Mis  Hradd'H. . .  35 

312.  dealii. -a  Quiet  Life.     Hy  IJizaTalior iO 

3i;!.   I'oor  Ilumanity.     Hy  F.  W.  Kiihinson 60 

314.  Ilrakespeare.     Ily  (ieo.  A.  Lawrence.    Willi  an 

Illustration 40 

315.  A  I.o.-t  Name,     llv  J.  S.  I. e  Fanu 40 

31<!.   Love  01  .Marriage'»     llv  W.  Hlaek 30 

317.   Dead-Sea  Fruit.   Hy  Miss  liraildou.    Hlii.-trated.  60 

:iW.  The  Dowi'r  llciise.     Hy  Annie  Thomas 35 

310.  The  llrainleigha  of  Ilisliop'a  I'olly.     Hy  I.ever. 

Illustrated ro 

.^•20.   Mildred.     Hy  {;eorgiaiia  M   (,'raik 10 

321.  Nature's   N.dileinaii.     liy  the  Author  of  "  I!a- 

chel's  Secret" 35 

322.  Kathleen.     Ity  the  Author  of  "  liaytnond's  llc- 

I'ciiiie." 60 

323.  That  llovof  Norcott's.   Hv  Charles  Lever.  Ill's..  25 

3-24.  In  Silk  Attire.     Hy  W.  HIack ."5 

3'2.5.   Hetty.     Hy  Henry  Kiiigsley 2" 


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lIAIJI'F.li'S    Lilirary     of    Select     Novels— 
Continued. 

32l).   I'iiIhc  Ci.lmti.    l!y  Aiiiiio  'I'linnms $0  40 

il-.'T.   .Ml  til's  riiilli.    liy  Kliz.i 'lalmr 35 

3j-i.   r.Miiiil  lleinl.     liy  ,l:iiiiis  I'liyii 25 

3'.';i.  \Vivik'.'(l  iji  I'lii't.     ily  liiliiiiiiiil  ViiU'.-< H.'i 

330.  Till!  .Miiilater's  Wift!.     l!y  .Mr.  dliiilKint 50 

331.  A  DiKt?'"' uo  Jl'"-'"''""''^'     liy  Jaini'.i  I'uyil ii'> 

33.'.  Kilty,     lly  .M.  lleili!uu-i;.lwiiril.-' 35 

333.  Only  llfr.-elf.     lly  Aiiiiie  Tlioiiiud 35 

334.  Iliirll.     Ily  Julm  riiiiiii.lcr.-f 40 

335.  Undo'' Tout,     liy  Allmi  Civil.',      lllii.-tnitiiil. . .  40 
331).  So  Itiii.H  till' Will  MA«:iv.    liy  .Mr^.  A.  C.  Steele.  35 

337.  Ilalll  (I.     Ity.liili.KiuiMiinl.      lllii.-tiuteJ 60 

3:>S.  liriieiitli  till'  Wliee!.- 50 

3:i'.t.  Steiii  Ni'fu.-r-ity.     Ily  1-".  W.  llnbiiiHin 40 

340.  (l^eiidnlim',-.  ilnrvi-t.     itv  .liiliii'.-' I'ayii 25 

341.  KiliM'iiv.     r.y  Willi, nil  Hack 35 

Sl-J.  .luliii:   .\  t,.ivi;  Slorv.     I!y  .Mr-.  Olipliant 25 

343.   'I'liiu  to  llei>ell'.     liv  1'.  W.  lIoljiiiMHi 50 

341.  Veroi.ica.    Ily  the  Authuii'l' ".Maliil  .<  l'io.,'V«?i"  60 
345.  A  Han;;  Ton.s  Une.-t.     Ily  the  Aiillior  uf  "liil- 

b.nl.ii-..- 30 

.^-1(5.  i;.-tcllii  Uii-^ill 5U 

34T.   ■Mil'  lliir  i;x|),rtaiii.    liy  tlie  Antlior  uf  "  Hay- 

iiiiin.lN  111  iMiiie" 40 

Si^.  Whic;i  is  the  llii-oiiic? 40 

34'.'.  The  Vivian  Koniaiici'.     Ily  .Moitiniel' Collin.s. .  35 

351.   In  pMiy  llonn.l.     Illn-tnited 35 

351.  The  W.mleii  ainl  llarclie-ti  r  Towei'.-i.     l!y  A. 

Tn.llo,ie fii) 

3.5-3.  Fi'iin   riii^tkM— (iraiips:'     liy  .Ml'.-'.  lOiloai't. .. .  35 

3.'a  A  Siren.     Ity  T.  A.  Irollope .  40 

354.  Sir   Harry   il,il-i|)ur  uf   lliinilileiliw.iito.      liy 

Anthony  Troll '|ii>.      ll!n-ira;e! 35 

."55.  Karl's  Pene.     liy  11.  i;.  I'laiicilloii .Ml 

ii.'iii.   Iiai-y  Nichol.     Ily  l.aily  Manly 35 

."m')7.   Itre.l  ill  lib!  Hone.     IJyJaine-i  I'ayii.     Ill's....  40 

355.  I'eiilon'sQnest.    liv  Miss  liiinlilon.  IlluHtrateil. .  .Ml 
35',i.  M  .iiarcli  ot'.MinciiiL-l.ane.    Hv  W,  Black,    lll'.s.  .Ml 

30  I.  A  Lite's  Assize,     liy  .Mrs.  .1.  H.  lii.lilell 40 

3111.  Aiitii'os.   liy  the  .\ntllorot'"(;iiy  Living;  tone."  40 

3i'>J.   Her  Lord  .•mil  .Ma'-ier.     l!v  Mrs.  Loss  t'hnicli. .  30 

803.   Won  — Not  \Voo,.,l.     I!y  .(allies  I'avii 35 

30t.  loi- Laci;  of  (iul.l.     By  (.liarle.^  (iibbon 35 

305.  .\iine  I  iiriies.s 51) 

30(!.  A  I iaii;,'hter  ol  Hi  : li.     By  \V.  Black 35 

307.  Hnnit.ii  .Vljliey.     liy  T.  .\.  Trolloiio 40 

30>.  Joshua  .Marvel',     li.' 1$.  L.  raiji'on 40 

3ii',).  Lov,  Is  c,f  Aril  n.     By  M.  i;.  lliaildou.      lll'.s.  50 

370.  I'air  to  Sie.     By  1..  W.  ^L  Lockliart 40 

371.  d'cil's  Tryst,     liv  .lames  I'ayn 30 

37J.   I'.itiy.     I'y  Katha  ine  S.  Maci|Hoid 50 

373.  .Man  1  Mohan.     Itv  Annie  Thomas 25 

;174.  Grit'.     By  B.  L.  1  ai j  on '!.') 

37.5.  A  Brid^'e'iifGlass.    'liy  1'.  W.  Uohin-on ;;() 

370.  Alhrrt  l.iinel.     By  Lord  BronLrhiini 50 

377.  A  (;ooil  Investment,     liy  Win.  I'hi.i;!j.     Ill's..  35 

37-i.  A  (iolilon  Sorrow.     Bv  .Sirs.  L'aslul  lloey 4ii 

3711.  (Imbra.     By  Ml".  Oliphant 50 

r-so.  Iloi),.  Diforred.     Bv  i:iiz  i  I'.  I'oUard ilii 

i'.sl.  The  Maid  of  Sker.     By  II.  H,  lihiekninre .50 

V.-'i.  I'or  the  Kill;,'.      By  fharles  (iibhon 30 

3SJ.  A  (iiiTs  lliiiiiance,  andutliei'  Inks.     By  I".  W. 

Koliiiisoii so 

3^1.  Pr.  WaiiiHii^'hi's  I  atiiiit.    By  l.dniiiiid  Yatis.  35 

.  v\  A  ras-ioM  in  Tatters.     By  .\nniii  Tlmnia.s 50 

30.  A  Woman's  Ven;;ianre.     Jiv  ilnmes  |',-ivn 3.5 

:>7.   Stran-oAdvioitnrosof  al'haetoii.  BvW.  Black.  50 

3>S.  '1',  tho  Biiter  I'.iid.  liy  .Mis.s  M.  i:.  Bra'iKlon.  Hi's.  511 

3>'.'.   i;  ibin  (iiay.     I'.v  Challia  Gibbon 3.') 

3S0.  (iodol|ihi!i.     liv  Biilwer 3.5 

3'.tl.   I.1  ila.     llv  linlvvr.     lUusinitid '. 25 

o'J-'.  K.ii.lin  i.'hillinolv.     By  Lord  Lyitoii.     Ill's..  5o 

3113.  Till,'  Hour  Mild  till' .Man.'  By  Han  i.  t  .Mnrtineaii  50 

3!ll.  Miiriiby's  Ma-'er.      Ily  .lames  |';iyn 20 

3'.C..   The  New  .Maedao'ii.     Bv  Wilkie 'Collins 30 

3.10.  '"He  Coniiili   Not,'  Siie   faid."     By  Aniiio 

Thomas ' 30 

BO".  Innocent.  Ily  Mrs.  ( lliiiliant.     Illustrutta. . . . !  50 

3  '<.  'I'oo  SiMiii.     Bv  Mrs.  Macqnoi.l 30 

3'.l'l.   Stranger^  and  rilwrims.   liv  Miss  lli'addon.  Ill's.  50 

jeO.  A  Slniidetoii.     Bv  Chiirh's  Koade 35 

■'nl.  The   Tho  Widows.      Hv  .Siinio  Thomas 25 

400.  .Toseiih  the  dew.     Bv  jliss  V.  W.  .bdinson 40 

4n:l.   Ilerriicewasllerl'ortnne.    liv  T.  W.  Hobinson.  40 

d'l.  A  I'lincoss  of  Thill  ■.     By  W.  Black 50 

ii.\   Lottie  I larlin;:.    By  .T.  (.'.'.TealTieson 60 

4oii.  The  Bine  Kibbon.     Bv  I'liza  Tabor 40 

4a7.  llmry  Iteallicotc  of  Uangoil.    By  A.  Trollopo. 

Illustrated 20 


IIAKPERS    Library    of    Select    Novels- 
Continued. 

409.  rnblicftiis  iiiul  Sinners,  liy  MU.i  nraddnn...|0  50 
4ny.  Ciiliinil  Dacre.     By  the  Aiillior  of  "(.'asto". . .  36 

410.  Tbroii;,'li  1  ire  and  Water.  Byl'iederickTnlbut. 

I II  lis  trated 20 

411.  Lady  Anna.    By  .\mliony  Trollope 30 

41'.'.  Taken  at  the  Mood.     By  Miss  Braddou 61 

413.  At  ll(a' .Mercv.     Bv  James  I'ayn 30 

414.  Niiiity-Tiiree.     By  Victor  Hn^?o..      Ill's 25 

41.5.   lor  Love  and  Lili!.     By  .Mrs.  (iliidiant 50 

410.   Iloctor  Tboriie.     By  Anllioiiy  Tiollopi' 50 

417.  The  Be.-t  of  llnsbaiids.     By  .James  I'ayn '25 

415.  Sylvia' .H  Choice.     By  (ieor^'iana  .M.  Craik. ...  30 

4rJ.  A  Sack  of  (iold.     Bv  .Miss  V.  W.  Johnson o5 

4'iO.  Squire  Arden.     By  .Mrs.  ( lliphant 50 

4'2l.  Loina  li.one.     By  U.  li.  Hlackinoie.      Ill's...  <iO 

4'J2.  The  Treasure  Hunters.  BvGeo.  Manville  I'enn.  25 

4'J.'i.  Lost  for  Love.     By  Mi.ss  .M.  1',.  Braddon.    lll'.s.  60 

4'J4.  Jack's  Sister.     By  .Miss  Hora  Havi is 50 

4'-'5.  Aileen  I'errcrs,     liy  Susan  Morlev 30 

I'M.  The  Love  that  Lived.     Bv  .M is.  Kiloart SO 

427.  In  Honor  Bound.     By  lliarlcs  Gibbon l!> 

4-lS.  Jessie  Trim.     By  B.  L.  I'aijeon 35 

4'J'.I.  lla;?arene.     By  George  .\.  Lawrence 35 

430.  Old  Myddelton's  .Money.     By  Mary  Cecil  Hay.  'J5 

431.  At  tlie  Sign  of  the  Silver  ITngou.    By  li.  L.  I'ar- 

jeon i25 

421.  A  Strange  World.     By  Miss  Braddon 40 

433.  Hope  .Meredith,     liy  Lliza  Tabor 35 

434.  The  Maid  of  Killeena.     By  William  Black....  40 

435.  The  Blos.somiiiK  of  an  Aloe.  By  .Mrs.  lloey.. .  30 
431!.  Safely -Man  iiil.  By  the  Antlior  of  "Caste.". .  25 
43T.  The  Story  of  VaUutine  and  his  Brother,     liy 

Mrs.  ("lliphant 50 

43";.  Onr  Detachment.     liv  Katharine  Kiiii; 35 

430.  Love's  Victory.     Bv  li.  I..  I'arjeon 20 

410.  Alice  Lorraine.     Bv  I!.  D.  Blackiiioie 50 

441.   Walter's  Word.     Bv  James  I'.ivn ..  50 

41'.'.  I'layin^'  the  Mischief.     By  J.  W.  I)e  Korest...  «0 

443.  The  Lady  Siiii.  rior.     Ily  i:iiza  1".  Bollard....  35 

444.  Isenlte.    'liv  the  Author  of  "  Vera,"  "Hotel  du 

I'llit  St.  jean,"  Ac SO 

44.5.  KKlaiiline.     Bv  Kliza  Tabor 40 

440.  Ward  or  Wile':'    Illustrated 25 

447.  Jean.      Bv  Mrs.  Newman 35 

44s.  The  Calde'rwood  Secret.   Bv.Miss  V.W.  .lolinsoii  40 

4411.  llnijli  .Melton,    liy  Katharine  King.     Ill's....  25 

1.50.  Ilealey 35 

4.51.  Hostages  to  roi'tiine.    By  .Misa  Braddon.    111'.^.  50 

45-.'.  The  (^ueen  of  ( 'onnaiiglit 35 

4.''".  Off  the  Itull.     Hy  Katharine  Kint' 50 

454.  Halves.     Hy  James  I'ayn 30 

'.  4.5.5.  The  Squire's  Le^riicy.     By  Mary  Cecil  Hay...  25 

'450.  Victor  and  Vainnii.s'bed.     liy  Mary  Cecil  Hay.  25 
'  457.  (Jweii  (iwyune's  Great  Work.  By  Lady  AH;,'nsta 

j  Noel no 

45'5.  His  Natural  Life,     liy  .Marcus  Clarke 50 

4.511.  The  Curate  in  Cliartre.     By  Mrs.  ( ilipbant 20 

400.  I'ansanias  the  Spartan.     Bv  Lord  I.vtloii 25 

401.  Dead  Men's  Shoes.  Bv  Miss  M.  i:.  Braddon. .  40 
40'.'.  The  IMIenimn.    By  the  Aiithur  of  •'  The  Battle 

I  of  Dorking" 50 

4.".3.  Hidden  I'erils.     Bv  .Mary  Cecil  Hay 25 

'  404.  Cripps.  the  t;arrier.   By  It.  II.  lilackniore.  lll'.s.  50 

40.5.   Hose  Tnriinand.     By  Kllice  llo)ikiii- 35 

'.  400.  As  l.onir  as  She  Livid.     By  1".  W.  Bobinson.. .  50 

4(i7.  Israel  Mort,  Overman.     Bv  .loliii  Saunders 50 

40-i.  I'hrehe,  .hinior.    By  Mrs.  ( lliphant 35 

4011.   A  Lon^' Time  Apo.     By  Mela  Orred 25 

i  470.  'I'lie  Laurel  Bush.     Bv  the  Anilior  of  "John 

I  Halifa.v,  (Jenlleman."     llliistrated 25 

471.  Miss    Nancy's   I'ilgi  iniMftc.      By   Virginia  W. 

I  Johnson 40 

472.  The  Arundel  Motto.      By  Mary  Cecil  Hay 25 

47.^  Azalea.     By  ('ecil  Clayton 30 

'  474.   Haiiiel  Deronda.     Bv  Georire  Lliot 50 

I  475.  The  Snn-Maid.    Bv  ibe  Author  of  "  Arli-le."..  35 

471'..  Nora's  Love  lest..  '  By  Mary  Cecil  I  lay 25 

I  477.  Joshua  llng^jard'.i  Daiiuhter.     By   Miss  M.  K. 

Braddon.     Illustrateii 50 

'  47''.  Madcap  Violet.     By  William  Black 50 

4711.   Irom  Iireams  to  Wakinir.    Bv  1',.  Lynn  Linton.  20 

4~iO.  The  Hiichess  of  Kosomaiy  Lane.  By  li.  L.  Karjeon  !i5 

4S1.  Anne  Warwick.     By  (ieorpana  M.  Craik 25 

4S3.  Weavers  and  Weft.     By  .Miss  Braddon 25 

4S3.  The  Golden    Butterfly.      By  the   Authors  of 

I  "  When  the  Ship  Comes  Home,"  ie 40 

I  484.  Juliet's  (inardian.  By  Mrs.  11.  Lovett  Cameron. 

I  llliistrated 40 

455.  Mar's  White  Witch.    By  G.  Dougla.s 60 


Harper's  Library  of  Select  ^"uvih. 


If  III 


rnioB 
HARPER'S    Library    of    Select    Novels- 
Continued. 

4';0.  lIcniM  c,f  Minify.     By  W.  K.  Nori I.^ $0  25 

4"'i.  Tlio  AiiicTlciiL  .Si'iiutur.    lly  Aiitlioiiy  Ti'ulloiio.  611 

J.'sS.  Mr^.  Aitlmr.     Ity  Miv.  (ili|ilmiit 4ii 

JS.i.  WiiiHti.wi'.     Uy  Mrfl.  I-tilh-AiliiiiiK 'Jf> 

41(0.  Marjiiiie  linici'rt  LoviiH.     l!y  .Miiry  I'atrick. . .  '-'.'> 

4'.»I.  l!iiiiioliv.     l;y  (ieoi-Ki!  l'.li"t.     lIliiHiati'il fio 

4'.>'.'.  (Jarilii.     liy  .Mi':<.  (llipliHiit.     Illiimatud r>li 

4'.i:t.  Midillrmaich.     l!y  UeuiKO  I'.lii't Y.'> 

4'J4.  I'lir  llur  Sake,     lly  F.  W.  linmii.Sdii.     lll'.'<....  (M 

4V.').  .«CT(in(l-('oii.-'iiiSaiali.  ItylWV.  I^rlJiIl^'(lIl.  Ill's..  Ml 

4'.iO.  I.illle  Kalit  Kirliy.    liy  1".  W.  K.iliiiisnii.    Ill's.  {id 

4'.iT.  I.iiltn  11  (if  Arr.m.     IJy  C'liarkH  Levi^r •«•• 

4'.i-*.  I.<inl  Kilpililiiii.     I'.v  t;li,\ilcs  lAvcr.     Jll's....  Ml 

.J'.t'.i.  Tciiiy  MiiUiM-.     I!y  Oliarlcs  l.uvi'i- Oil 

OUU.  linakiiiy  a  liiitteilly.  By  Cii;urf,'e  A.  l.iiwrt'iicu. 

lllii.-tnilfil Xt 

fiOI.  MiH.  I.iriiiK'i's  Lcpicy.  liy  (-liailcH  Dickeiin..  10 
BO'-'.  Tlie  My.-teiy  "'   lM»vin   Uiood.     lly  C'liailiu 

DUki'iiH.      lUnstratLMl ?5 

fiO.1.  Tliu  rarii.ian,-'.     liy  litilwor.     lUiistratfJ fill 

r)04.  iStoMO  lOiltji'.     Witli  ail  lllii'-traluiM 2(1 

5'!.''.  'riic  Hull!  nf  till!  Monk.     l!y  (larilialili iill 

f.or..  Iii-Me,     liy  W.  M.  Uakor.     IlliMiati  il T.*) 

r>ii7.  CartiTQiiaVtoiiiiaii.     liy  W.  M.  liakiT.     Ill's..  (id 

MIS.  tIih!!' IVatlu'i-s.     liy  \Vin.  lilack.     Ill's Ml 

Doy.  Uoniiil  to  .Inlin  Coiuiiaiiy.    liy  .MIsa  Uniililou. 

Illii.-tiateil Ml 

Mn.  liiiilsnfl'ify.    r.v  Miss  liiiiiMoii.    Illiirftiati'il.  Ml 

.Ml.  Till' I'ri'V  iif  till"  (i.i.ls.     Hv  .\liv.  i:n.-<' CliiMrh.  ".(I 

M'.'.  TliuWdiiiaiiiiiWIiito.   liy  Wilkii' (oiling.  IU'.j.  fid 

MJi.  TlinTivn  Di'stiiiii'.'.      liy  W  ilkir  i:olliii,<.    IIIh.  ii.") 

r)14.  TlielJiuaiirlllii'I.u.lv.  I!v  Wilkic  CoUiw.  Ill's.  Ml 

515.  I'lMii- .Miss  Kiiirli.     liV  Wilkii' Ci.lliiis.     III'h...  (id 

51(;.  No  Naiiii'.     r.v  Wilkio  <olliiis.     llliir^tratiil. . .  fill 

,M7.  Tlif  .MHi.iHtniic.     I'.v  WilkiiK  villus.    Ill's CO 

5H.   Man  anil  Wifi'.     liv  Wilkif  Culliiis.     Ill's Cd 

5111.  Ariiiailalp.     l!v  Wilkif  »  I'lliiis.     Ilhistnitiil. . .  fid 

5Jii.  My  Daiinlilpr  i.liiMi-.    Uy  riaiik  1  ro  liiiinillrt.  80 

f>I\.  .liiliii  Wiii'tliiiiL'ton's  Naiiii'.   Ilv  I".  Leo  lli'iiiMlict  I'l 

:>\1'>.  .Aliss  Dori'tliv's  (  liaii,'.'.      l!v  1".  I.pii  lipiifdict. .  75 

fi'j:!.  Miss  Van  KiotlMiid. '  Uy  I'rmik  l.ci'  lifiiiMlipt..  tin 

5.'4.  St.  Siuion's  Nii'vo.     l;v  Traiik  Lit  lii'iiedict. .,  (id 

.V-',5.  Mr.  \iin;.'liairs  II,  ir.    'l!v  I'lMiik  l.c-  li.-iicilict.  75 

B'JC).   Captain  llraiid.      Ilv  II.' A.  Wiso.    Illiistratud.  75 

r<'27.  .''luiniT  or  r.aifi'.  liy  Sliiili'V  H:ooks.  Ill's...  8ll 
b'iS.  'I'lie  (iordiaii  Knot,     liy  Sliiiluy  liiouks.    With 

an  llliistmiioii 50 

.IS!).  The  Sih-i'i«'.>id.     Ilv  Sliirlcv  liirw.ks.     Ill's...  75 

Mill.  Cold  and  Cii'.'.-c.    Ilv  .laiiii's  Do  Millc.    Ill's...  CO 

Mil.  The  Mviii- Link,     lly  .lamps  IV  Millc.     Ill's..  00 

Ml'.'.  TlipAiiipiipMii  ll:iion.   liy.laiiiislip  Millp.  Ills.  50 

Rili.  TlipCrvploL'iain.     liv  Jainos  De  .Millo,    Ill's...  75 

5.S4.  TIipKiii^'of.No-l.niid.    ISv  1!.  I..  I'arjeon.  Ill's.  25 

M.").  An  Island  rinrl.     Ilv  11.  I..  I'aripoii.     Ill's 30 

mn.  liladi-o'-(irass.  liy  Ii.  1,.  laijpuii.  Illiistiatid.  30 
537.  liiPad-and-CliPisp  and  Kissis.     Uy  11.  L.  I'lir- 

jpoii.     Illiistialpd 3.") 

M"?.  r.ol.liii  Cirain.     Ilv  11.  I..  I'av.ipon.    Illiistnitid.  .15 

Rllli.  London's  Heart.   lly  11. 1..  I'arjpon.    llliistnilpd.  (>0 

540.  Sliadons  on  the  Snow.    liv  11.  1,.  I'aiipmi.  Ill's.  30 

541.  NotppadYpt.     Ilv  Jolili  Conlv  .Iiairrpsoii GO 

54'2.  Till)  Island  Niiiiliiiois.      lly  .Mrs.  A.  II.  Illaek- 

wpll.     Illiistmtpd 00 

M3.  The  Woman's  KhiK'doni.    lly  Miss  Miilopk.  Ill's.  00 

5^4.  Il.innali.     Ilv  Miss  .Miil.x-k.    Willi  Tlirpp  Ill's. .  .15 

5)5.   A  llravp  Ijidv.     Itv  .Miss  Miilock.     llliistiatid.  00 

51(1.  Mv  Mother  and  I.  Ilv  Miss  Miilopk.   Illnstnitpd.  40 

517.  Cl'ironii'lps  of  Carllnsfoid.      Ilv  .Mrs.  dliphant  00 

54S.  A  (ion  of  the  Soil.     Itv  Mrs.  Oliphant Ml 

.^40.  The  I'prpptiml  Cnratp.     Ity  Mrs.  nliphaiit 50 

5.M1.  Old  Kensington,     liy  Miss  Tliarkeray.     Ill's..  00 

551.   Miss  Anjiel.     lly  Miss  Thiickeray.     lUnstialpd.  Ml 

5.5".   Jliss  Tliapkcrnv'sMisPPllanpoii»\Vritiiit;s.   Ill's.  00 

5.M1.  Vanity  Fair.  Ilv  W.  M.TIiackPinv.  llhistralpd.  SO 
654.  The  I'li.stoiy  of  I'pndennis.     By  W.  M.  Tliuck- 

rra  V.     Ill  nstrntpd 75 

n.5.V  Thi'Vii-jrinians.     By  \V.  M.  Tlmrkpiay.    Ill's..  in 

B&O.  The  Newconie?.    By  \V.  .M.  Thackeray.    Ill's. .  00 


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Con'iinueil. 
557.  The  Adventures  of  I'hilip.     lly  W.  M.  Tliaek- 

•^ray.     llluslrnted ifO  CO 

55S.  Henry  Ksmond,  and  Livi  1  the  Widower,     lly 

W.  M.  Tharkeiay.     Illustrated CO 

C'lO.   I'nt  Vuiiivelfin  His  I'lacc.     Uy  Charles  liuadc. 

Ilhislratpd 50 

5i',0.  A  TpiriMii  Teiiiplalion.   lly  Charles  Itende.  lll'i)  40 

5(!1.  Tlip(|,.l-|prandllie  Hearth.  By  Charlis  Itiade.  Ml 

50-.'.  Tlie  Waliilerinn  Heir,    liy  ( 'harles  lleade.    Ill's.  25 

5li;i.   Hard  C'a,-h.     lly  Charles  lleade.     llhistriited..  50 

.MM.  tJiillitli  Caiiiit.     lly  Chaihs  liiade.     Ill's 40 

505.  Itis.NivirTooI.ateto.Mind.  liylharles  Uearte.  60 
t>'M.   Love  ,AIe   I.illle.  L.ive  Me  Loii;?.     Ity  CharlfH 

re.'aile.     Willi  an  Illnstralion 35 

507.  I-'oul  riiiv.      Ilv  Charles  Keade 35 

MIS.   AVIiitp  Lies,      ilv  (  haiies  IJeade 40 

'lij'j.  I'l't;  WolVnigtoii,  clirislie  .lohnstone,  and  Other 

Stories,     lly  Churl,  s  lieade BO 

570.  A  Wniiian-llaler.     liy  t  liarles  lieailc.     With 

T«o  liliistnilio'x 00 

571.  Oiley  I'ariii.      l:y  Anthony  Trollnpe.     Ill's 60 

57'-'.  The  Vicar  ol  Ilnlihainplon.     lly  Anthony  Trol- 
lop ■.     lllnstr.ited SO 

573.  The   Wav  We    Live  .\o\v.     Uy  Anthony  Trol- 

lope.    'llln.-traled tlO 

574.  riiini'iis  I'ilin.  liy  Anlhony  Trollopp.  Ill's..  "."i 
57.'i.  I'liiiieiis  liidnx.  lly  Ai  tlmny  Trullope.  II, 's..  75 
570.  Italph  the  Heir,  liy  AnlhoiiV  Trollopp.  Ill's.  75 
577.  Till' Ln-lace  Pianionds.  liy  Antl,i,ny  Tr,'ll,ipe.  sO 
5iS.  The   l.ar-t  Chn.niil,'  ot    liarsit.      liy  Anthony 

Tioll.pp.      Illn-trated 00 

579.  The  Cold, 11  Lion  of  (ininiiere.      liy  Anthony 

Tiollo|e.      lllii>tiiile.l 40 

5S0.  Th,,  I'rime  Minister.  By  Anthony  Trollope  . .  CO 
5sL   Can  V,  n   I  i'r;;ive    Her?     lly  Anthony  'lr,d- 

lope.     Ulnsiiated SO 

6S2.  He  Knew  He  Was  Liglil.     liy  Anlhony  Trol- 

lope.     ninstrated SO 

BS3.  The  Small  House  at  AUinnton.     By  Anthony 

Trollope.      Illustrated 75 

5S4.  The  Sairistan's  Household.    By  iMrs.  1".  K.  Trol- 
lope.    llln.-trated 50 

5»5    Lindisfarn  Cha-e.     Ly  T.  A.  TioUopc 60 

5>r).   Ilidd.nSiii.     lllnstri,ted CO 

5S7.  Mv  I'.neiiiv's  Daughter.     By  Justin  -McCarthj". 

"lllnslratcd BO 

.5SS.   My  lliisliand's  Crime.     By  M.  1'.  Housekeeper. 

Illustrated 50 

BSD.  Strett'ii.     liv  llenrv  Kinnsley 35 

,5110.   Ship  Ahov!  'liy  (L  Al.  leiin.     Illustrated 35 

,5111.  lielienham'sVow.  liy  Amelia  II.  Ldwiirds.  Ul'd.  BO 
BD2.  Wives  and  Dniightcrrt.      By  Mrs.  Gafkell.     Il- 
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M14.   Inder  the  llan.     lly  M.  I'Ahlie  *  *  • CO 

B;i.5.  The  Lapp  of  the  Camp.     By  C.  W.  .Mason.    II. 

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000.  A.lewilofaliirl.    By  the  Author  of  "  (Jneenie."  35 

Onl.  An  Open  Vprdict.     lly  Miss  .M.  1",.  BraiMon...  S.t 

002.  A  MOihTH  Minister.     'Vol.  ..     Illustrated 35 

003.  A  Modern  Minister.     Vol.  IL     Illnstrated 40 

(!04.  VoniiB  Mnsjtravp.     By  Mrs.  Oli pliant 40 

005.  Two  Talcs  of  Mnrripil  I.ifp.     lly  Ui  or(,'iana  M. 

Craik  and  M.  C.  Stirliii« SO 

CfO.  The  Ijist  of  the  Haddons.     Bv  Mif>.  Newman.  25 

007.  The 'Wreck  of  the  "(irosvenor" SO 

OOS.  lly  I'row.     Bv  Jumes  I'ayn 85 

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Oil.  Less  Illiick  than  Wp'rol'ainti'd.  llv.Iamps  I'nyii.  35 

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Inferior  luilliors,  he  esi^ayn,  by  artistic  and  conscien- 
tious nsc  of  tlic  same  materials  and  similar  devices, 
to  cnplivale  his  readers.— .V.  1'.  Kieninri  J'nnt. 

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sioiiB,  such  a*  lieloiit^s  to  few  If  any  of  his  c.<n/rirM, 
however  much  they  nniy  e.xcel  him  In  other  respects. 
His  style,  too,  is  siii^ruliuiy  iipproprhite— less  forced 
and  artiflcial  than  ttie  average  modern  uovelista.— 
iivnliiii  Tniii^-rijit. 

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Some  writers  seem  to  have  no  power  of  jrrowth:  they  rei)roduce  tlieniselvcs  with  more  or  less  success. 
Itut  others,  who  study  human  nature,  iiniirovc  instead  of  deteriorating.  Tliere  is  no  liviu;,'  novelist  iu  vvhum 
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III  detici'ililiiu'  11^  (Ic'opur  pliiiscH;  niiil  lii'i'  iiiv(Milion  IcikIm  her  fur  fruni  ilui  tijick  of  i'<iiivinjti<iii:illly.  Ilur 
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Tlioii^'h  plot  Is  evidently  of  leadlii;,'  Iniportanto  la  lier  cjoh,  flie  carefully  ulaboratcs  her  ntyle,  and  cloecly 
Htildlen  \\{T  iliitUKtlin  pirndiKc.—Salurihii/  Krviiinij  (,'iuttti',  HohIoii. 

JIIbk  llraddon  U  poimlar  with  iiovel-readern.  .Sho  hns  the  happy  faculty  of  tinllliig  all  taiitOH— tliime  who 
llko  to  he  eondncled  into  faHhIonahlu  Hoclety  and  "hl;;li  life,"  aH  well  aH  Ihoru  who  earu  iiolhlii;.'  aliont  Ihc 
psrHoiiH,  Inn  everything'  alioul  tho  plot  of  a  rtiiry.  Hhu  it  ecusathnial  wllhonl  bcluji  vnl^'ar,  and  interextlni; 
without  heint!  coarse.— .t('«in//  Hviiiiiiji  Joiirmil. 

Whether  in  ".Aurora  Floyd,"  "t'enton's  Qupft,"  "To  tho  Hitter  End,"  "lllrds  of  Prey,"  or  what  not, 
her  keen  oh-^ervatlon,  pIcturcHinip  or  (graphic  deseription,  and  powurful  analyfiu  of  chiiiucter  and  moilvc  urn 
reco!;nl/.ed  and  nnlv(nnully  admired.— ('i)iHmi)/iH('n(//i,  UoHtoii. 

All.-M  IliaddonV  iilerary  fK^^hne.xn  Im  etiiialled  only  hy  her  lllernry  fertility,  ami  doiiirvci"  to  be  considered, 
us  Indeed  It  1^,  one  of  the  wonders  of  the  nineteenth  century  llction.  Teihapx  it  l«  thin  attrihute  of  her 
(renhlH— till'  novelty  of  the  eliarni  with  which  her  KUice>^lvc  works  are  Invarialily  Inve-ted- which  in  tho 
eutt'st  and  most,  eloipu'nt  proof  of  the  uracp  and  vl;;or  of  her  inlellectnal  poweic  — '///c  lliiiir,  I.omlon. 

MiHs  llraddon  alwavH  wields  a  vl^orutia  und  incicivc  pun,  and  could  not  |iiiii8ihly  wrile  a  dull  chapter  or 
page.— Oii</)/u'(c/iiJ  liiitli'iiii,  llo»t(ni. 

There  Is  a  inarvellons  freshness  about  Miss  flrnddon.  She  writes  so  much  and  so  oflen  that  one  can 
only  wonder  to  llinl  lier  wriliiiL,'  ho  well.  Hy  all  rec'.it,'nlzed  rules,  the  ouf,'lit  linii:  a;;o  ti)  have  written  hertell 
out.    As  11  matter  of  fact,  however,  her  work  fceins  to  Improve.— .l^/itjufio/i,  London. 


An  Open  Vcnlict. 

8vo,  I'aiier,  ;;.")  cont.s. 

A  Strcanere  V/oiiil. 

8v(),  I'iiiiL'i',  -1(1  cunts. 

Aurora  FloyJ. 

8vo,  I'lijicr,  40  cents. 

Birds  of  Prey. 

Illusttiitud.     Svo,  I'lipoi',  ."0  cents. 

Bouucl  to  John  Company. 

Illusii':ite(l.     8v().  I'nper,  i>0  cetits. 

Charlotte's  Inheritance. 


Sentic'l  to  "  I'irils  of  I'ley."     Svo,  I'npef, 
35  f  "s. 


Dea-' 


Shoes. 

.T,   !(l  cents. 


.a-Sea  Fruit. 

lUiistrntocI.     Svo,  Tiipcr,  .'O  cents. 

Eleanor's  Victory. 

8vo,  I'lijier,  (il)  cents. 

Teuton's  Quest. 

Illustfateti.     Svo.  I'lijicr,  .^0  cent.''. 


Hostages  to  Fortune. 

llliistnituJ.     8vo,  ruper,  51)  cents. 

John  Mfirchmont's  Legacy. 

Svo,  rnper,  .")()  cents. 

Joshua  HaggEird's  Daughter. 

lllnstraleil.     Svo,  l'n|er,  .".»  cents. 

Lost  for  Love. 

llliistiainl.     Svo,  Tiipcr,  !':0  cents. 

Publicans  cind  Sinners. 

Svo,  rujier,  .")0  cents. 

Strangers  and  Pilgrims, 

lllubti-ateJ.     Svo,  rajicr,  "lO  cents. 

Taken  at  the  Flood. 

Svo,  Pajier,  50  cents. 

The  Levels  of  Arden. 

Illustiiiteil.     Svo,  Taper,  50  cctits. 

The  Vixen.    {r,>  /'/v.s...) 
To  the  Bitter  End. 

Uliistrateil.     S\o,  rapcf,  50  cents. 

Weavers  and  Weft. 

Svo,  Pajicr,  "5  cents. 


PinusiiED  iJY  IIAPtPER  &  P>PtOTIIERS,  Nr.w  ^'..i:k. 

CS"  IL^r.rKU  &  IjHOTIIEKS  ivill  srnd  nm/  nf  the  above  irorls  It'/  mail,  postayo  frrpnid,  /o  avif 
part  of  the  United  States,  on  receipt  of  the  price. 


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